how to pronounce pathetic

/pəˈθɛtɪk/

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pathetic is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of pathetic in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… do they right it's pathetic so and what …”

meaning of pathetic

Pathetic means very sad or pitiful.

pathetic frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word pathetic occurs in english on average 10.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pathetic can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pathetic can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;