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sad case

noun

  1. informal.
    a person considered to be ludicrously contemptible or pathetic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The takeaway point from this sad case is readily apparent: rushing to judgment ruins lives.

He remembered one very sad case of a boy he knew being arrested at Alexandria for breaking into a store at night.

"It is a strange case, my son; a sad case," he said, thoughtfully.

It is a sad case for a man who never used to care a straw for a soul on earth.

A large proportion of those women who have been convicted of cruelty to children are in this sad case.

I was quite right when I told poor Phoebe that her sad case was not without alleviation.

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