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How to pronounce misfortunate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hapless, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

Examples of misfortunate

misfortunate
What will it take for this misfortunate country to get on track again?
From the economist.com
I've had the misfortunate to come across such ideolgically driven bullies in my professional life.
From the guardian.co.uk
Let's make this holiday a blessing for all the misfortunate ones.
From the tennessean.com
It is misfortunate that it gets an audience in the west.
From the guardian.co.uk
I was one of the misfortunate 375 that attended.
From the thisislocallondon.co.uk
No personality, no creativity, blatant liar, worst possible leader that anyone has had the misfortunate to work for.
From the guardian.co.uk
The second piece of misfortunate is the Broncos'second-place schedule appears more difficult than San Diego's first-place schedule.
From the denverpost.com
This misfortunate narrative is factually correct and consonant with O'Nolan's irremediable view of himself as a literary flop.
From the theatlantic.com
In other words, all his bosses, colleagues, associates and anyone who has the misfortunate to wander into his misanthropic orbit, gets it from his gob.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Hapless: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
  • (The Misfortunates) The Misfortunates is a 2009 Belgian comedy-drama film from director Felix Van Groeningen, adapted from the book De helaasheid der dingen by Flemish writer Dimitri Verhulst. ...
  • Having suffered misfortune; pitiable