ADJECTIVE
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deserving or inciting pity
a pitiful fate
pitiable homeless children
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
a wretched life
a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
his poor distorted limbs
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
piteous appeals for help
How To Use misfortunate In A Sentence
- Later he went abroad and the misfortunate wretch got shell-shocked in some foreign war.
- Jones is typical of modern-day evangelicalism, which has abandoned any notion of advocacy for the poor and the misfortunate, These people have constructed a whole cult focused on the proper placement and function of the male sexual organ. and instead concentrates itself on gaining wealth and power. Think Progress » Gainesville, FL rejects homophobic ‘No Homo’ campaign and elects its first openly gay mayor.
- Here he is, your reverence, -- a misfortunate angashore! My New Curate
- One of my friends, who is afraid of animals in general due to a misfortunate event with a dog when she was a child, came one day at my house to watch a movie with me. Free Godzilla | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
- One could easily make the argument that this was a politically calcuated move citing "July 2011" as a tool for re-election, but it would be extremely misfortunate risk our young heroes lives for power. Senate committee questions July 2011 Afghan withdrawal date
- This show, however, chronicles the adventures of a wealthy, philandering businessman who jets around the world closing business deals while ministering to the "misfortunate" on the side. Deborah Richardson: NBC's Philandering Philanthropist: Where Is the Rest of the Story?
- Well, they happen, the lightning-strokes of God, the gifted or misfortunates who are born into a world where they nowhere belong, the saints and scholars who come to manhood unrecognized, guarding the swine in the forest pastures among the beechmast, the warrior princes villein-born and youngest in a starving clan, set to scare the crows away from the furrow. The Virgin In The Ice
- He had been a catalyst in my dream move to bohemian Berlin turning into an amusing series of misfortunate events. Potsdamer Strasse #3
- Jones is typical of modern-day evangelicalism, which has abandoned any notion of advocacy for the poor and the misfortunate, and instead concentrates itself on gaining wealth and power. Think Progress » Gainesville, FL rejects homophobic ‘No Homo’ campaign and elects its first openly gay mayor.
- It's a bummer, but it was really interesting, and they're the kind of people who can laugh about misfortunate things, so we just had a really interesting day talking. Mike Ragogna: Beyond Dirty Dancing & Semisonic : Conversations with Dan Wilson and Franke Previte