pitiful state

Frequency: 6.87.9 per million words

a very bad or sad condition

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Examples (10)

  • The old house was in a pitiful state of disrepair.
  • After the accident, the car was in a pitiful state.
  • His health was in a truly pitiful state after years of neglect.
  • The country's economy is in a pitiful state.
  • She found the abandoned dog in a pitiful state.
  • The garden had been left in a pitiful state over the winter.
  • Their once-grand castle is now in a pitiful state.
  • The team's performance is in a pitiful state this season.
  • He described the conditions of the shelter as a pitiful state.
  • The company's finances were in a pitiful state, on the verge of collapse.