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 Definitions of Unfortunate  [ʌnˈfɔr tʃə nɪt]  

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Definition of 'Unfortunate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) unfortunate
suffering from bad luck; hapless.

2.  unfortunate
unfavorable or inauspicious:
an unfortunate beginning.

3.  unfortunate
regrettable or deplorable:
an unfortunate remark.

4.  unfortunate
lamentable; sad.

5. (n.) unfortunate
an unfortunate person, esp. one who is poor or disabled.

Etymology:  (1520–30)

Definition of 'Unfortunate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) unfortunate, unfortunate person
a person who suffers misfortune

2. (adj) unfortunate
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"

3. (adj) inauspicious, unfortunate
not auspicious; boding ill

4. (adj) unfortunate
unsuitable or regrettable
"an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"


Definition of 'Unfortunate' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) unfortunate
being the result of bad luck
He felt he had been unfortunate not to get the job.; an unfortunate accident

2.  unfortunate
that you wish had not happened
an unfortunate incident


Definition of 'Unfortunate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Unfortunate
not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business

2. (noun) Unfortunate
an unfortunate person


Translation of 'Unfortunate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: unlucky
He has been very unfortunate.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ongelukkig Arabic flag Arabic: غَيْر مَحْظوظ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: нещастен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: infeliz Czech flag Czech: nešťastný German flag German: unglücklich
Danish flag Danish: uheldig Greek flag Greek: άτυχος Spanish flag Spanish: desafortunado, desgraciad
Estonian flag Estonian: õnnetu Farsi flag Farsi: بداقبال Finnish flag Finnish: huono-onninen
French flag French: malchanceux Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲסַר מַזָל Hindi flag Hindi: दुर्भाग्य
Croatian flag Croatian: nesretan Hungarian flag Hungarian: szerencsétlen Indonesian flag Indonesian: malang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: óheppinn Italian flag Italian: sfortunato Japanese flag Japanese: 不運な
Korean flag Korean: 불행한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nelaimingas, nesėkmingas Latvian flag Latvian: nelaimīgs; neveiksmīgs
Malay flag Malay: tdk bernasib baik Dutch flag Dutch: ongelukkig Norwegian flag Norwegian: uheldig
Polish flag Polish: pechowy Portuguese flag Portuguese: infeliz Romanian flag Romanian: nenorocos, ghinionist
Russian flag Russian: невезучий Slovak flag Slovak: nešťastný Slovenian flag Slovenian: nesrečen
Serbian flag Serbian: nesrećan Swedish flag Swedish: olycksförföljd Thai flag Thai: โชคร้าย
Turkish flag Turkish: şanssız, bahtsız Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 不幸的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нещасний; нещасливий
Urdu flag Urdu: بد قسمت Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: rủi ro Chinese flag Chinese: 不幸的

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