pathetic

/pə'θetik/
Adjective
  1. inspiring scornful pity
    • how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years- Dashiell Hammett
  2. inspiring mixed contempt and pity
    • their efforts were pathetic
    • pitiable lack of character
    • pitiful exhibition of cowardice
  3. deserving or inciting pity
    • 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

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A child's pathetic attempt to tie his shoes resulted in a tangled mess.