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deserving of one's pity
- a piteous beggar huddled in the doorway of an abandoned building
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“Piteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piteous. Accessed 26 Feb. 2021.
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