'Lift?' 'Up for repair around one, sorry' (7)
I believe the answer is:
pitiful
'sorry' is the definition.
('pitiful' can be a synonym of 'sorry')
'lift? up for repair around one' is the wordplay.
'for repair' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'lift'+'up'='liftup'
'liftup' with letters rearranged gives 'pitful'.
'pitful' placed around 'i' is 'PITIFUL'.
(Other definitions for pitiful that I've seen before include "Sad - wretched" , "Miserable" , "Distressing" , "base" , "in such a sorry state" .)