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adj. Characterized by undeserved bad luck; unlucky.

adj. Causing misfortune; disastrous.

adj. Regrettable; deplorable: an unfortunate lack of good manners.

n. A victim of bad luck.

adj. not favored by fortune

adj. marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune

n. An unlucky person.

adj. Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy

Not fortunate; not prosperous; unlucky; unhappy: as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man.

Synonyms Unsuccessful, ill-fated, ill-starred, disastrous, calamitous. See fortunate.

n. One who or that which is unfortunate; one who has fallen into misfortune or misery.

adj. unsuitable or regrettable

adj. not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune

adj. not auspicious; boding ill

n. a person who suffers misfortune

"'A most unfortunate circumstance -- a most _unfortunate_ circumstance."

infelicitous    ill-omened    abject    unlucky    dispossessed    pitiful    fateful    pitiable    hapless    ill-fated   

fortunate    prosperous    lucky   

deplorable    infelicitous    regrettable    unsuitable   

unsuccessful    unlucky    unhappy    ill    disastrous    destructive    ruinous    fatal    hapless    ill-starred   

fortunate   

unhappy    poor    late    fortunate    dangerous    extraordinary