unfortunate

adjective as in unlucky, bad

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adverse, damaging, deplorable, disastrous, inappropriate, inauspicious, lamentable, regrettable, unlucky, untoward

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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

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“It is unfortunate that these conspiracy theories are muddying the water on an issue where we need a lot of consensus, a lot of clarity,” said Matteo Mirolo, from Breakthrough Energy, and one of the organisers of the COP29 discussion about the contrails.

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“We deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action to remedy this.”

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What they hoped was the famed Lockheed Electra 10E Special, serial number 1055, turned out to be an “unfortunate” geologic formation, according to a company statement.

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But because “Heretic” is a genre movie, there are overwrought visual metaphors, implausible twists and an unfortunate reliance on coincidence.

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Gurney added that the timing of that hangover was unfortunate, given the club's pronounced public relations strategy coming into this season.

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