What a pity!

How unfortunate! What a shame!

What a pity that he couldn't join us on our Hawaiian trip.

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[take pity on] also [take pity upon] {v. phr.} To feel sympathy or pity and do something for. * /Mary took pity on the orphan kittens./ * /The farmer took […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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