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unfortunate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | inauspicious |
unfortunate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | unfortunate person |
| Type of | soul, someone, individual, person, mortal, somebody |
| Has types | desperate, diseased person, failure, griever, have-not, homeless, homeless person, ishmael, jinx, job, jonah, lamenter, abandoned person, loser, maroon, mourner, nonstarter, nympholept, outcast, pariah, poor person, prisoner, schlimazel, shlimazel, sick person, languisher, amputee, captive, castaway, choker, crier, sorrower, subsister, sufferer, survivor, unsuccessful person, victim, weeper |
unfortunate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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an unfortunate turn of events.
an unfortunate decision.
unfortunate investments.
an unfortunate night for all concerned.
unfortunate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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an unfortunate choice of words.
an unfortunate speech.
Examples of unfortunate
unfortunate
This is rather unfortunate since most American workers are already overburdened.
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If ever anyone was an unfortunate victim of changing attitudes, it's Kate Smith.
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It's very unfortunate that he chose to physically attack me to address his rage.
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The unfortunate reality is that we cannot avoid paying for the sins of the past.
From the dailyherald.com
Amongst this unfortunate situation, people are still celebrating, which is good.
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It's unfortunate but true that sometimes negative consequences can drive change.
From the newscientist.com
It was just a little unfortunate to hit the pin and ricochet back off the green.
From the bostonherald.com
A Macy's spokeswoman called it an unfortunate error and apologized to Heat fans.
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All those acts only conformed to the unfortunate facts of life in the Old South.
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- Not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
- A person who suffers misfortune
- Inauspicious: not auspicious; boding ill
- Unfortunately is the fourth studio album by Shalabi Effect. It was recorded on three consecutive nights at the Montreal Arts Interculturels Institute live.
- (The Unfortunates) The Unfortunates is an experimental "book in a box" written in 1969 by English author B. S. Johnson and reissued in 2008 by New Directions. The 27 chapters are unbound, with a first and last chapter specified. The other 25 sections are designed to be read in any order in between.
- An unlucky person; not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- (UNFORTUNATES) An old term used to describe those Witches who had been captured and tortured by the Inquisition. Estimates of thier numbers range from 100,000 to 9,000,000. ...
- To dream that you are unfortunate, is significant of loss to yourself, and trouble for others.
- A working girl or a lady of negotiable affection to paraphrase the great Terry Pratchett.
