Ethics: Contingency Fees For Lobbyists. Contingency fees are often paid to lawyers-in medical malpractice cases, for example. If a lawyer and client agree to do business on a contingency basis, the client pays no fees until the case is won, and at that time the lawyer gets a cut of the damages won.
Means: an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial. (thank you actual dictionary.com) Anyways, I put in in here, because it's really, really long. Um, floccinaucinihilipilification is kind of hard to work into a sentance.
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.