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気の毒に

what a pity, poor thing

→ 気の毒だ
phrase Rare #22,132
what a pity Expresses sympathy or pity. It can stand alone as a response meaning “that’s too bad” or be used with 思う to mean “feel sorry for.”
JA: 彼が病気だと聞いて、気の毒に思った。
EN: I felt sorry for him when I heard he was sick.

うわー、それは気の毒に。

Oh wow, that’s terrible.】【。}

検事が気の毒にそれで内務調査部に転属だろうね

Poor prosecutor. He’ll probably be transferred to Internal Affairs for that.

— ア・フュー・グッドメン (1992)

それは気の毒に。

That's too bad.

— アトランティス 失われた帝国 (2001)

それで仕方なく気の毒に

So I had no choice but to feel sorry for them.

— レベッカ (1940)

気の毒に

Poor thing.

— パディントン２ (2017)

あの女性は気の毒にからだが不自由だ。

That poor woman has a physical disability.

普段は家から出ないのに気の毒に

Poor thing, especially since they usually never leave the house.

— デッド・ドント・ダイ (2019)

phrase Rare #34,353
poor thing Used to express sympathy for someone who is suffering or in an unfortunate situation. In 気の毒に思う, it means “to feel sorry for someone.”
JA: 彼は仕事を失って、気の毒に。
EN: Poor thing—he lost his job.

気の毒に大丈夫

Poor thing. Are you okay?

— レミーのおいしいレストラン (2007)

今日は落ちて気の毒に思う

I feel sorry for you for failing today.

— ラ・ラ・ランド (2016)

お気の毒にこの先も？

Oh, you poor thing. Is it going to be like this from now on, too?

— どん底作家の人生に幸あれ! (2019)

彼を少し気の毒に感じます。

I feel a little sorry for him.

私は彼を大変気の毒に思っている。

I feel very sorry for him.