unfortunate
pronunciation
How to pronounce unfortunate in British English:
UK [ʌnˈfɔːtʃənət]
How to pronounce unfortunate in American English:
US [ʌnˈfɔːrtʃənət]
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- Noun:
- a person who suffers misfortune
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- Adjective:
- not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
- not auspicious; boding ill
- unsuitable or regrettable
Word Origin
- unfortunate (adj.)
- mid-15c., "unlucky," from un- (1) "not" + fortunate (adj.). Infortunate in same sense is from late 14c. (along with a verb infortune "to render unhappy"). In late 18c.-early 19c., unfortunate woman was a polite way to say "prostitute." The noun meaning "one who is not fortunate" is recorded from 1630s.
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Example
- 1. A few unfortunate humans suffer from a similar condition .
- 2. That may be unfortunate but inevitable , mr. kronman said .
- 3. It 's unfortunate because you really do hold such a unique spot in current chinese women 's literature .
- 4. Well , this is an unfortunate part of the un institution .
- 5. Mr sun promptly lost control of the newfangled thing , running over and killing an unfortunate palace eunuch .