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                    as in lame
                                                
              
          
                                                      arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust                                       
              
                             one more sorry stunt like that and you'll be fired                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in sad
                                                
              
          
                                                      causing unhappiness                                       
              
                             we have sorry news to report tonight                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in pathetic
                                                
              
          
                                                      deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy)                                       
              
                             the ragtag circus was a sorry spectacle indeed                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in ashamed
                                                
              
          
                                                      feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done                                       
              
                             she's genuinely sorry for hurting his feelings                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in unhappy
                                                
              
          
                                                      feeling unhappiness                                       
              
                             was sorry to see the family farm being sold                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in heartbroken
                                                
              
          
                                                      expressing or suggesting mourning                                       
              
                             those sorry rituals that we go through when somebody dies are not for the dead but for the living                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in poor
                                                
              
          
                                                      deserving of one's pity                                       
              
                             some sorry wretch had the task of putting all of those files back in order                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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