piteous

adj : deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable

victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as

extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals

for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful

fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor

distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable},

{misfortunate}, {pathetic}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}, {poor},

{wretched}]