misfortunate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
misfortune + -ate or mis- + fortunate
Adjective[edit]
misfortunate (comparative more misfortunate, superlative most misfortunate)
- Having suffered misfortune; pitiable
- 2009 January 18, Aleksandar Hemon, “United States of Chicago”, in New York Times[1]:
- It quickly became clear to me that I would have to make the transition from being a misfortunate tourist to being a Chicagoan […] .