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
Goga	-	Georgian
Ahuva	-	Hebrew
Bartolomeu	-	Portuguese, Galician
Leonius	-	Late Roman
Sevgİ	-	Turkish
Nathaniel	nə-THAN-ee-əl (English), nə-THAN-yəl (English)	English, Biblical