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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.

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

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

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

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

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