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Definitions for misfortune
mɪsˈfɔr tʃənmis·for·tune

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. misfortune, bad lucknoun

    unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

  2. misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill lucknoun

    an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

Wiktionary

  1. misfortunenoun

    bad luck

  2. misfortunenoun

    an undesirable event such as an accident

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Misfortunenoun

    Calamity; ill luck; want of good fortune.

    Etymology: mis and fortune.

    Fortune thus ’gan say, misery and misfortune is all one,
    And of misfortune, fortune hath only the gift. Philip Sidney.

    What world’s delight, or joy of living speech,
    Can heart so plung’d in sea of sorrows deep,
    And heaped with so huge misfortunes reach? Fa. Qu.

    Consider why the change was wrought,
    You’ll find it his misfortune, not his fault. Addison.

ChatGPT

  1. misfortune

    Misfortune refers to an event or condition marked by bad luck, distress, suffering, or adverse circumstances that negatively affect one's life or well-being. It can describe personal distress over a loss, a serious disadvantage, or a damaging incident that has occurred. Misfortune often happens without one's expectation and control.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Misfortunenoun

    bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance

  2. Misfortuneverb

    to happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail

Wikidata

  1. Misfortune

    Misfortune is an Italian fairy tale, from Palermo, collected by Italo Calvino in his Italian Folktales. Another telling of the tale appears under the title Unfortunate in A Book of Enchantments and Curses, by Ruth Manning-Sanders.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Misfortune

    mis-for′tūn, n. ill-fortune: an evil accident: calamity: (coll.) a euphemism for a lapse from virtue resulting in the birth of a natural child.—adj. Misfor′tuned. (Milt.), unfortunate.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of misfortune in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of misfortune in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of misfortune in a Sentence

  1. R. F Knight:

    All money systems not backed by actual resources has failed in the past, if we keep eating the same food and making the same political choices as we have always done, we are also doomed to inherit a legacy of failure and misfortune".

  2. Victor Hugo:

    The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.”

  3. William James:

    Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

  4. Laurence J. Peter:

    Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

  5. Bryant McGill:

    Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

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