Adjective: unfortunate ,ún'for-chu-nut
- Not favoured by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
"unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"
- Not auspicious; boding ill
"The project got off to an unfortunate start with multiple delays";
- inauspicious
- Unsuitable or regrettable
"an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"
- A person who suffers misfortune
"The charity aimed to help unfortunates affected by the natural disaster";
- unfortunate person
Derived forms: unfortunates
See also: abject, auspiciousness, black, calamitous, disastrous, dispossessed, doomed, downtrodden, fatal, fateful, hapless, homeless, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, infelicitous, luckless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, propitiousness, regrettable, roofless, too bad [informal], underprivileged, unhappy, unlucky, unpromising, unsuccessful, wretched
Antonym: fortunate
Encyclopedia: Unfortunate