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How to pronounce misfortune in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bad luck, ill luck, tough luck
Type of fate, portion, luck, lot, fortune, circumstances, destiny
Has types adversity, gutter, hard cheese, hard knocks, hardship, sewer, toilet, weakness
Type Words
Synonyms bad luck
Type of trouble
Has types cataclysm, calamity, misadventure, mischance, mishap, pity, disaster, catastrophe, adversity, tragedy, shame, knock, hardship

Examples of misfortune

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On the morning after my night of misfortune, the Met's finest were back at work.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Geitz's misfortune will be an opportunity for her Queensland teammate Amy Steel.
From the couriermail.com.au
Despite the misfortune, Mr Willaton said he still enjoyed the week's activities.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
Arizona center fielder Gerardo Parra seemed to be marked for misfortune all day.
From the sacbee.com
It is one of the worst murders that I have ever had the misfortune to encounter.
From the express.co.uk
And those with the misfortune to play team sports would be entirely out of luck.
From the economist.com
They have the misfortune of living in the west, but they are America's wildlife.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Understandably, hearing about someone else's misfortune gets folks to wondering.
From the forbes.com
I can say for certain this misfortune will make a super-sized difference for it.
From the iftomm2003.com
More examples
  • Unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
  • Misfortune is an Italian fairy tale, from Palermo, collected by Italo Calvino in his Italian Folktales.
  • Misfortunes the second full length album by hardcore punk band This Is Hell. It was released on February 19th, 2008 through Trustkill Records. After extensive worldwide touring in 2007, the band managed to find time to write and record an album. ...
  • Bad luck; an undesirable event such as an accident
  • (misfortuned) unlucky, unfortunate
  • That which makes one man superior to another.
  • Defense and evasion may be lowered when taking interception fire.