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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pathetic/pəˈθetɪk/

▶adjective

1 arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness.

2 informal miserably inadequate.

3 archaic relating to the emotions.

– derivatives
pathetically adverb.

– origin C16: via late L. from Gk pathētikos ‘sensitive’, based on pathos ‘suffering’.

'pathetic' also found in these Oxford entries:

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