Dictionary of English - pathetic
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This means 'giving rise to pity': pathetic television pictures of starving children; a pathetic attempt to hold on to the life-raft. It is also widely used to mean 'very bad', 'inadequate', 'deserving contempt or scorn': What a pathetic excuse!. Avoid this in formal contexts.
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