sorry state

The long hair was there, but in a sorry state.

Who's to blame for the sorry state of music education?

But if only bad men could use guns the world would be in a sorry state.

This is a sorry state of affairs for the music industry.

That's not such a big claim given the sorry state of public art today.

He'll be in a sorry state by the time he gets here.

What a sorry state our "land of the free" is in.

Now everyone could see the sorry state they were in.

Never has there been a more sorry state of politics than right now.