Word

unfortunate, adj.
freq. cnt. 10

not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

unfortunate

sample sentences

"an unfortunate turn of events"
"an unfortunate decision"
"unfortunate investments"
"an unfortunate night for all concerned"

lexical pointers

antonym

derivationally related form

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also see

underprivileged unlucky, luckless unsuccessful

similar to

abject disastrous, black, calamitous, fatal, fateful dispossessed, homeless, roofless poor, piteous, hapless, miserable, pathetic, misfortunate, pitiable, pitiful, wretched ill-starred, ill-fated, doomed, ill-omened, unlucky downtrodden infelicitous, unhappy too bad, regrettable

not auspicious; boding ill
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

inauspicious unfortunate

lexical pointers

antonym

derivationally related form

inauspiciousness

semantic pointers

attribute

auspiciousness, propitiousness

similar to

unsuitable or regrettable
<adj.all>

unfortunate

sample sentences

"an unfortunate choice of words"
"an unfortunate speech"

semantic pointers

similar to