Synset

deserving or inciting pity
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hapless

miserable

misfortunate

pathetic

piteous

pitiable

pitiful

poor

wretched

sample sentences

"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"