minimalist vs pitiful

minimalist

adj
  • Believing in or seeking a minimal state; seeking to minimize or reduce to a minimum. 

noun
  • One who believes in or seeks a minimal state; one who seeks to minimize or reduce to a minimum. 

pitiful

adj
  • Of an amount or number: very small. 

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

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

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