pathetic

That would be a pathetic display of subservience from a co-equal branch of government.

It may sound pathetic, but for my upcoming non-anniversary I wrote in my planner to order a pizza.

He told the Commons the government's proposals were "pathetic" and "should have been done centuries ago".

McLendon-Covey spoke to the Los Angeles Times about what she was looking for in a new part, haunted hospitals, and her love of playing a character with a pathetic personal life.

He remains a pathetic bully, but the Democrats have failed to overcome him.