unfortunate

unfortunate

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un‧for‧tu‧nate¹ S3 /ʌnˈfɔːtʃənət $ -ˈfɔːr-/ adjective1. someone who is unfortunate has something bad happen to them:
    When we entered the room, the teacher was yelling at some unfortunate student.
2. an unfortunate situation, condition, quality etc is one that you wish was different:
    an unfortunate turn of events
    He has an unfortunate habit of repeating himself.
    it is unfortunate (that)
    It’s unfortunate that so few people seem willing to help.
    It’s most unfortunate (=very unfortunate) that your father can’t come to the wedding.
3. happening because of bad luck:
    an unfortunate accident
4. formal unfortunate behaviour, remarks etc make people feel embarrassed or offended:
    an unfortunate choice of words
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ unlucky having bad luck, or causing bad luck: Matthews played well and was unlucky not to score. | Thirteen is an unlucky number. | We were unlucky with the weather. It rained almost every day.
   ▪ unfortunate unlucky because something bad happens to you that you do not deserve. Unfortunate sounds rather formal and is used mainly in writing: He was very unfortunate to lose his job just after his wife had a baby. | the unfortunate victims of crime
   ▪ be/bring bad luck if something is bad luck or brings bad luck, it is believed to make bad things happen: It’s supposed to be bad luck to walk under a ladder. | Crows were thought to bring bad luck.
   ▪ jinxed if something is jinxed, it seems to bring bad luck to everyone who is connected with it. If a person is jinxed, a lot of bad things happen to them and they seem very unlucky: I’m beginning to think this house is jinxed. | Some people believed the family was jinxed.

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unfortunate² noun [countable]literary someone who has no money, home, job etc