misfortunate
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Unfortunate, unlucky: Describes someone or something that experiences bad luck, misfortune, or adverse circumstances.
- Deserving of pity or compassion: Characterizes a state or situation that is pitiable, lamentable, or evokes sympathy due to suffering or hardship.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She felt deeply misfortunate after losing her job and her home in the same month.
- The misfortunate traveler was stranded at the airport during the blizzard.
- History is filled with tales of misfortunate kings who lost their kingdoms.
Advanced Usage
- "the misfortunate": Used as a plural noun to refer collectively to people who are unlucky or suffering.
- Charities often aim to help the misfortunate in society.
Variants and Related Words
- Misfortune (n): Bad luck; an unfortunate condition or event.
- He had the misfortune of arriving just as the meeting ended.
- Unfortunately (adv): Used to express regret or disappointment about a situation.
- Unfortunately, the concert was canceled.
Synonyms
- Unlucky: Having or marked by bad luck.
- Hapless: (Especially of a person) unfortunate.
- Wretched: In a very unhappy or unfortunate state.
- Pitiable: Deserving or arousing pity.
Antonyms
- Fortunate: Favored by or involving good luck.
- Lucky: Having, bringing, or resulting from good luck.
- Auspicious: Conducive to success; favorable.
Adjective
- deserving or inciting pity
- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic- Galsworthy
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
- a wretched life