Poor
Pitiful
Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).
Usage example: that piece of junk is a pitiful excuse for a car
Poor is a synonym for pitiful in pity topic. You can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Pitiful", if it concerns topics such as property, miserable, dreadful, distressing. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
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Pitiful and Poor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/poor/pitiful
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Pitiful or Poor. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/poor/pitiful.
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