hapless
miserable
misfortunate
pathetic
piteous
pitiable
pitiful
poor
wretched
deserving or inciting pity
a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
Galsworthy
piteous appeals for help
pitiable homeless children
a pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
a wretched life