unfortunate
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1.2
- adjective
- /ʌnˈfɔːrtʃənɪt/
:
desafortunado
- It is unfortunate that the festival was canceled due to bad weather.
- an unfortunate consequence
- an unfortunate choice
- an unfortunate situation
And it's just so unfortunate that someone could ever do that.
- And it's just so unfortunate that someone could ever do that.
- But what do you make of this unfortunate fact that we are mortal?
- OK, now we are going to have the unfortunate task of tearing this down.
- So a car accident is an unfortunate byproduct of driving.
- So very, very unfortunate news for this week.
- And an awful lot of very, very unfortunate things happened as a result.
- Once again, Scooby, we find ourselves in an unfortunate situation.
- So it's, it's one of these unfortunate media inversions of the truth.
- It changes, you know, over the years in in unfortunate ways, but it's always there.
- But that's that's sort of one of the unfortunate consequences.
- She is a really great writer and it was unfortunate that that happened.
- So yeah, it's just one of those unfortunate realities of these situations.
- I've, I've been quite unfortunate, you know, in that way.
- And I like all sorts of unexplained, unfortunate disappearances.
- And that, that that was an unfortunate miss of his leadership.
Examples
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We thought the town was completely abandoned save these unfortunate souls who wander the streets.
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Such a misperception of justice would be not only unfortunate but tragic for all concerned.
Academic text (1990) -
And it's just so unfortunate that someone could ever do that.
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Now this has the unfortunate property of doing that.
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So it's unfortunate that they are in that state.
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So very, very unfortunate news for this week.
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His attitude was a little unfortunate.
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Strictly speaking, this unfortunate outcome is not the White House's fault.
Academic text (2008) -
OK, now we are going to have the unfortunate task of tearing this down.
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The voters of Chicago will not let themselves be swayed by this unfortunate incident.
Synonyms
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1.0
Bad or unfortunate and likely to make people feel unhappy
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1.0
Having bad luck that causes problems
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4.2
Causes people to feel sorry
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7.2
Unlucky in a way that makes people feel sorry
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6.1
Likely to have very bad luck and end badly
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6.7
Very bad and upsetting because it should not have happened
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8.1
Likely to bring bad luck and make success unlikely
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5.3
A person who has many bad things happen to them
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7.9
Having a lot of bad luck that causes many problems
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7.1
Unlucky and in need of help
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9.0
Likely to have bad luck and end badly
Antonyms
Compounds
How Regrettable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unfortunate is built from un- 'not' and fortune 'luck', so something unfortunate is 'not lucky' and often causes regret or a poor result.