pathetic attempt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpatheticandattempt
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pathetic
adjective
uk/pəˈθet.ɪk/us/pəˈθet̬.ɪk/
causing feelings of sadness, sympathy, or sometimes lack of respect, especially because a person or an animal ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk/əˈtempt/us/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofpatheticandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is apatheticattemptto wriggle out of his proper responsibilities.
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That was a verypatheticattemptto recover the position.
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We saw a ratherpatheticattemptat that in his intervention.
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That is apatheticattemptto exploit an issue which everybody knows is a serious issue in schools.
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His statement today is just anotherpatheticattemptto delude the unemployed.
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In apatheticattemptto save money, they feel that biennial reports are broadly cheaper than annual reports.
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Is not this a half-hearted andpatheticattempt, which does not even maintain the status quo?
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It is a verypatheticattemptto meet a very serious crisis.
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I have never seen such apatheticattemptat an amendment.
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But £38·9 million was spent, without justification, in apatheticattemptto hold down essential public services.
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I have never heard such apatheticattemptto rebut new clauses as that to which we have just listened.
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It was a gallant, butpatheticattempt.
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Tonight we see apatheticattemptto help a small number of one-parent families.
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A normal person will think that there is some reason for the alteration, making the possiblypatheticattemptwhich laymen make to find some reason for what lawyers do.
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That was apatheticattempt.
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I prefer a certain amount of action rather than apatheticattemptto sweep everything under the table by the use of more and more committees.
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He was not crucially at the centre of events, hence his pathetic attempts to explain in his evidence what his personal role was.
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Until now, most of us in our pathetic attempts at research have not paid a lot of attention to the intellectual property side of this problem.
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Stuart is characterized by his low self-esteem and loneliness, which result in pathetic attempts to engage with women and win favor with the main cast.
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