misfortune
Example Sentences
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"Anyone that's had the misfortune of making that journey with any frequency will know it's fraught with delays and accidents and road closures and extreme weather events," he says.
From BBC
To sum up their misfortune in a nutshell, Bradley was taken off at half-time after a knock for Isak.
From BBC
Australian Piastri, 24, needs some kind of misfortune to happen to his rivals if he is to win his first title.
From BBC
We are likely to leave “nursing a violent sense of misfortune.”
Accidents and misfortunes, especially being captured in wartime, could lead to enslavement.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
