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pathetically

[puh-the-tik-lee]

adverb

  1. in a pathetic way.



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Now, they have to deal with potential retaliation from the Mad King they pathetically tried to appease.

At the WH Easter egg hunt, Hegseth this morning pathetically blames the media for what his own appointees disclosed about his latest scandals.

From Salon

This applies at the other end of the demographic scale as well: Americans have a pathetically low life expectancy for a developed country.

From Salon

“Through soft and pathetically weak Trade agreements, the American Economy has delivered growth and prosperity to the World, while taxing ourselves,” Trump wrote.

From Salon

Or they’re going on TV to pathetically claim that ending prosecutions against Trump means “the system has worked.”

From Salon

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