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UK
/ʌnfˈɔːtʃənət/
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[ US /ənˈfɔɹtʃənət, ənˈfɔɹtʃunət/ ]
[ US /ənˈfɔɹtʃənət, ənˈfɔɹtʃunət/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
an unfortunate turn of events
an unfortunate night for all concerned
an unfortunate decision
unfortunate investments -
unsuitable or regrettable
an unfortunate choice of words
an unfortunate speech - not auspicious; boding ill
NOUN
- a person who suffers misfortune
How To Use unfortunate In A Sentence
- It should be a baritone scoring game and the unfortunate should be in early disceptation for a top 3 pick. Xml's Blinklist.com
- Unfortunately she has to work and then has class after work which is a bit of a bummer.
- Unfortunately, she was also one of those women born to be adored by men.
- The foreign birds, most of these parrots and cockatoos, unfortunately need to be kept in cages.
- Unfortunately, in many cases, the first real symptom is a broken bone.
- Unfortunately, many contaminants remain unbanned, and an average of seven new chemicals are put on the market daily, most of them not tested for toxicity.
- Unfortunately, I found the obvious talents of him and the director to have been gelded along the way and prevented from reaching the level of punch and impact that I think could have otherwise been delivered.
- Unfortunately, the locker room is full of private equity houses hoping to refloat gym club chains. Times, Sunday Times
- Unfortunately, these birds fed in large flocks on fruit and other crops, and were shot in huge numbers by farmers.
- The Holy Alliance was the joint labour of an unfortunate man who had suffered a terrible mental shock and who was trying to pacify his much-disturbed soul, and of an ambitious woman who after a wasted life had lost her beauty and her attraction and who satisfied her vanity and her desire for notoriety by assuming the rôle of self-appointed Messiah of a new and strange creed. The Story of Mankind