unfortunate

Speech parts

1. unfortunate - Noun

2. unfortunate - Adjective

3. unfortunate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business.

An unfortunate person.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

unhappy disastrous sad unfavorable miserable dire unlucky wretched pathetic hapless deplorable inauspicious lamentable ill-fated calamitous
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Antonyms

fortunate jolly corky allegro golden crouse
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

jonah Ishmael castaway maroon jinx crier

Phrases with the word

unfortunate person unfortunate occurrence unfortunate woman that's unfortunate unfortunate situation unfortunate cat

Examples

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate. Democritus

It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostles without gold had not need of gold to form his Church. The Church possesses gold, not to hoard, but to scatter abroad and come to the aid of the unfortunate. Ambrose

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman. Karl Kraus

An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup. English Proverb

The unfortunate would be bitten by toothless dogs. Tibetan Proverb

He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate. Greek Proverb

Close letter words and terms

unfortify unfortuitous unfortunant unfortunate at unfortunate body unfortunate cat