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unfortunate

/ən'fɔrʧənɪt/

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adjective
not auspicious; boding ill
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inauspicious unpromising
noun
a person who suffers misfortune
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unfortunate person

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soul someone individual person mortal somebody
adjective
not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
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"an unfortunate turn of events" "an unfortunate decision" "unfortunate investments" "an unfortunate night for all concerned"

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dispossessed downtrodden fatal fateful hapless homeless ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred doomed infelicitous wretched miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful poor regrettable roofless too bad black unlucky abject unhappy calamitous disastrous

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fortunate
adjective
unsuitable or regrettable
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"an unfortunate choice of words" "an unfortunate speech"

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infelicitous