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Meanings of unfortunate in English

Catalan
desgraciat

Not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.

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desgraciat
Catalan
desgraciat

Not auspicious; boding ill.

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desgraciat
Catalan
infeliç

A person who suffers misfortune.

infeliç
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Examples for "unfortunate person"
Examples for "unfortunate person"
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Because I am an unfortunate person, an unworthy shepherdess from the woods.
Filipino Popular Tales
2
The dragon is seen issuing from the dismantled tomb of this unfortunate person.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages / A Description of Mediaeval ...
3
This unfortunate person has been long dead without leaving any posterity.
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry / With Minute Details of Her En...
4
He felt himself an intensely unfortunate person, and had an inclination to cry.
The Bishop and Other Stories
5
By the bye, is it known whom the unfortunate person was?
The Yellow Crayon
Usage of unfortunate in English
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But the plunge into a political crisis right now is particularly unfortunate.
The Irish Times
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The constitutional crisis in a core EU member-state is, of course, unfortunate.
The Irish Times
3
He told RNZ News today that it had been an unfortunate situation.
Radio NZ
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Romanian State Secretary George Ciamba also said Switzerland's new limits were unfortunate.
Reuters
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At that time, crime was seen not merely as an unfortunate reality.
The South African
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National's Covid-19 border response spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said the situation was unfortunate.
Radio NZ
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Their unfortunate flatulence produces methane emissions, and that's certainly not good news.
The Irish Times
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These unfortunate people will need to start again tomorrow with another animal-
Shadows in Bronze
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An unfortunate and unpleasant truth perhaps; but it needs to be told.
The Guardian
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It was a good year, but it's just unfortunate how it finished.
The Irish Times
11
One minute fine, the next moment the power could do something unfortunate.
Micah & Strange Candy
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This is an unfortunate situation that has to be examined, he said.
The Irish Times
13
It is an unfortunate fact of life, however, tragic accidents do happen.
Hostile intent
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His attack on you was truly the result of an unfortunate misunderstanding.
Navigators of Dune
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It is an unfortunate reality that these things can happen to anybody.
The Irish Times
16
It is either an unfortunate accident, or an unpleasant result of temperament.
The picture of Dorian Gray (First printing version)
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