Pitiful tea bellman prepared (10)
I believe the answer is:
lamentable
'pitiful' is the definition.
(I know that pitiful can be written as lamentable)
'tea bellman prepared' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tea'+'bellman'='teabellman'
'teabellman' is an anagram of 'LAMENTABLE'.
(Other definitions for lamentable that I've seen before include "Sorry" , "Awful" , "Pitiful" , "Deplorable, regrettable" .)