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# pitiable

adjective (pitiable)

«pitiable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Pitiable means so poor, weak or sad that people feel pity for it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitiable/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes a sad state or condition of a person in a tale

### Examples

- He returned in a pitiable condition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitiable/#x1)
- The poor dog looked pitiable in the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitiable/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pitiable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitiable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pitiable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pitiable.html) on Mova free.