a sorry state (of affairs)

A particularly unfortunate, unpleasant, and/or upsetting situation or set of circumstances. Their company has been in a sorry state ever since Jonathan took over. It's a sorry state of affairs when you can no longer be sure how you'll feed your children each night.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marijana	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Katrin	kah-TREEN (German, Swedish)	German, Swedish, Estonian
Hines	[hainz]
Shiv	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi
Erfan	-	Persian
Oana	WAH-nah	Romanian