beside the point vs pitiful

beside the point

adv
  • Irrelevantly, off-topic. 

adj
  • Irrelevant, moot. 

pitiful

adv
  • In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically. 

adj
  • So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. 

  • Of an amount or number: very small. 

How often have the words beside the point and pitiful occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )