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.
Report Abuse. According to dictionary.com, Pathetic can be defined as: causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.. In other words -- it's sad. Or it's so sad that you look down on them for their actions.est Answer: Pitiful. So ineffectual as to inspire sympathy. It is a word that, through overuse, has mostly lost its true meaning. I'd say that it means no more than unsatisfactory-at least to the person who says it. Edit-I just noticed your additional details. At 11, bless your heart, nobody's English is that good.