Pathetic
Piteous
Synonyms: Pitiful, piteous, moving, poignant, stirring, distressing, disturbing, miserable, heart-rending, harrowing, sad, poor, tragic, mournful, distressful, pitiable, to be pitied, touching, plaintive, affecting, disquieting, upsetting, heartbreaking, agonizing, mortifying, wretched, forlorn, doleful, and woeful.
Woeful
Synonyms: Feeble, sorry, pitiful, deplorable, wretched, despicable, meagre, insufficient, insubstantial, worthless, woeful, poor, lamentable, miserable, contemptible, inadequate, paltry, negligible, and unsatisfactory.
Example Sentences
His excuses were absolutely pathetic yesterday.
The team's performance was pathetic today.
She gave a rather pathetic apology.
That attempt was simply pathetic overall.