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unfortunate
adjective as in unlucky, bad
Strongest matches
adverse, damaging, deplorable, disastrous, inappropriate, inauspicious, lamentable, regrettable, unlucky, untoward
Weak matches
afflicted, broken, burdened, calamitous, cursed, destitute, forsaken, hapless, hopeless, ill-fated, ill-starred, in a bad way, infelicitous, inopportune, jinxed, luckless, out of luck, pained, ruined, ruinous, shattered, star-crossed, stricken, troubled, unbecoming, unfavorable, unhappy, unpropitious, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsuitable, wretched
Example Sentences
"It's just unfortunate they went around the crescent to Victoria and a couple of them made it to Limehouse - which is a long way."
Short and stout, he was unprepossessing and—especially unfortunate for a connoisseur of visual art—would soon lose the use of one eye in a car accident.
In this case, it is unfortunate, for whatever you might think of the design that Mr. Ando made 25 years ago, it had the underrated merit of being a good neighbor.
But threats are “an unfortunate reality of my world,” he explained.
“This appears to be an unfortunate medical episode, and our thoughts go out the family,” Sutter wrote.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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