Points to Consider about Recruitment and Retention While Preparing a Clinical Research Study The following âpoints to considerâ are meant to serve as a resource as investigators plan a clinical research study and an NIMH grant application. These âpointsâ outline common issues that can impact clinical recruitment and retention, and where
2. ungrateful-disagreeable; I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure- Abraham Lincoln. unpleasant-disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings; an unpleasant personality; unpleasant repercussions; unpleasant odors.
Synonyms: pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, lamentable. These adjectives describe what inspires or deserves pity. Something pathetic elicits sympathetic sadness and compassion: a most earnest ... entreaty, addressed to you in the most pathetic tones of the voice so dear to you (Charles Dickens).Both pitiful and pitiable apply to what is touchingly sad: She told a most pitiful story (Samuel Butler).lso paâ¢thetâ²iâ¢cal, 1. causing or evoking pity, either sympathetically or contemptibly; pitiful: a pathetic sight; a pathetic return on our investment. 2. sad; sorrowful; mournful: a pathetic tone of voice. pathÄticus pathÄtikos pathÄtikÃ³s = sensitive(pathÄt) os Ã³s made or liable, to. suffer. v adj of paschein + -pÃ¡schein-to ]. suffer ikos ic