misfortune
Example Sentences
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Even the way that she reacts to her misfortune — and a lot of it is self-inflicted — feels like a past version of me, or a low-vibrational version of me.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
That worry is the massive drop-off in proven quality at international level should any misfortune befall England captain and record goalscorer Harry Kane.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
The hard fact is that genius isn’t reserved for the worthy any more than misfortune is reserved for the wicked.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
The argument goes on long enough, and with enough attendant pain, that a viewer will inevitably ask himself what role personal responsibility plays in all this collateral misfortune.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
And Roman doesn’t see a great deal of difference between his own widely respected deeds and McCandless's ad-venture, except that McCandless had the misfortune to perish.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing misfortune
Power Prefix: mis-
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
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