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# pitiful

adjective (pitiful, pitifully)

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

## Everyday

1. Pitiful means making you feel sorry for someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitiful/#m1)
2. Pitiful can also mean very poor or useless: a pitiful effort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitiful/#m2)

### In the lessons

describes a sad sight, a sad tale, or a poor, miserable person

### Examples

- Pinocchio told his pitiful tale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitiful/#x1)
- The lost kitten gave a pitiful mew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitiful/#x2)
- His effort was pitiful; he scored only one goal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitiful/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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