Look at this sentence:

‘Though the ambience was charming, the service was slow, and the food was of pathetic quality,’ the restaurant reviewer wrote.

Select the definition of pathetic that the sentence uses.

pathetic \puh–thet-ik\ adjective more pathetic, most pathetic 1. causing feelings of pity: The dogs and cats at the animal shelter were a pathetic sight. 2. inferior or inadequate: That handwritten sign looks pathetic next to the professionally printed one. 3. absurd or laughable: His tasteless jokes were a pathetic attempt to change the subject. — from Greek (pathetikos)