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   pitiable

   /ˈpɪtɪəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. deserving or arousing pity: "the men were in a pitiable condition"
   • 2. contemptibly poor or small: "a pitiable imitation of the real thing"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French piteable, from piteer ‘to pity’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pitiableness noun
   • 2. pitiably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

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