Pitiful
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Feeling pity; merciful. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. Very small (of an amount).
Example sentence: A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning.
Pitiable
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: That which deserves, evokes or can be given pity, pitiful.