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Adjective: pitiable  pi-tee-u-bul
  1. Deserving or inciting pity
    "pitiable homeless children";
    - hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, poor, wretched
     
  2. Inspiring mixed contempt and pity
    "pitiable lack of character";
    - pathetic, pitiful

See also: contemptible, unfortunate