Un-pathetic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not pathetic.

    "Listening to George Jones unpack his mistakes and shortcomings was a distraction from your own mistakes and shortcomings; here is a man who is just as pathetic as you are in your worst moments, and yet you’ll never be as un-pathetic in those times as he was."

Example

More examples

"Listening to George Jones unpack his mistakes and shortcomings was a distraction from your own mistakes and shortcomings; here is a man who is just as pathetic as you are in your worst moments, and yet you’ll never be as un-pathetic in those times as he was."

Etymology

From un- + pathetic.

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