Pitiful and Worthless

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Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).

Usage example: that piece of junk is a pitiful excuse for a car

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Worthless is a synonym for pitiful in poor topic. In some cases you can use "Worthless" instead an adjective "Pitiful", when it comes to topics like despicable, paltry, dreadful, measly.

Nearby Words: pity, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitifully

Worthless adjective - Having no usefulness.

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Pitiful is a synonym for worthless in despicable topic. You can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Worthless", if it concerns topics such as paltry, measly.

Nearby Words: worthy, worth, worthlessly

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