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Meanings of misfortune in inglés
An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes.
Usage of misfortune in inglés
1
Good teams with well-constructed squads overcome misfortune; weaker ones wallow in it.
2
The sons of Eli brought misfortune also upon the whole of Israel.
3
Thanks to his parents' watchfulness, Ted had no serious misfortune to peddle.
4
Nor would it lack the aspect of a particular, a personal misfortune.
5
His fellow workers in the bank he regarded as companions in misfortune.
6
You will find half a dozen companions in misfortune in the prison.
7
But the misfortune of Venice and Genoa was the opportunity of Portugal.
8
We'd had a great misfortune, he said, and it was nobody's fault.
9
The same misfortune now fell upon him in the autumn of 1788.
10
They were the men highest in power when misfortune overtook the realm.
11
What greater distress can there be than this and what greater misfortune?'
12
This discrepancy caused the greatness and the misfortune of the mighty Emperor.
13
To undergo it is a misfortune that at best is sometimes necessary.
14
Forster said: He recognises he is the author of his own misfortune.
15
The field was sinking under the burden of the ears of misfortune.
16
Again he had appeared in the hour of misfortune and bitter humiliation.
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Rare