[ˈpɪtɪəbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- deserving or arousing pity
(e.g: the men were in a pitiable condition)

- contemptibly poor or small
(e.g: a pitiable imitation of the real thing)


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