Definition

1. 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

1. 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