pitiable

As his tweet demonstrates, it's often too pitiable to warrant a word as powerful as "toxic."

“Fat people are either the punchline or we are this pitiable figure,” he said in a video conversation.

Surely women aren’t so pitiable as to need a participation certificate every time we try.

It’s a sign of independence and commitment to her vocation rather than a pitiable condition.

They both have a lot riding on this journey, which they’ve come to believe is their last chance to wring some meaning out of lives other people see as pitiable.