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IOWA STATE FOOTBALL
ˈi-oh-wa state fut-ball'
adjective
adjective: pitiful

1. deserving or arousing pity.
   synonyms: distressing, sad, piteous, pitiable, pathetic, heart-rending, heartbreaking, moving, touching, tearjerking;More
   plaintive, poignant, forlorn;
   poor, sorry, wretched, abject, miserable
   "a child in a pitiful state"
   • very small or poor; inadequate.
     synonyms: paltry, miserable, meager, insufficient, trifling, negligible, pitiable, derisory;More
     informalpathetic, measly, piddling, mingy
     "a pitiful $500 a month"
     woeful, deplorable, awful, terrible, lamentable, hopeless, poor, bad, feeble, pitiable, dreadful, inadequate, below par, laughable;
     informalpathetic, useless, appalling, lousy, abysmal, dire
     "his performance was pitiful"
   • archaic
     compassionate.