unfortunate
An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstancesAn unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.
» She sympathized with those unfortunate people.
Она сочувствовала тем несчастным. — amanshi
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2 sensesAn unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.
a person who suffers misfortune
(archaic, euphemistic)A prostitute.
Examples
110 sentencesShe sympathized with those unfortunate people.
ruОна сочувствовала тем несчастным. — amanshi
Tom met with an unfortunate accident.
There was an unfortunate incident at home.
ruДома был несчастный случай. — kukla
It was unfortunate that it rained yesterday.
deEs war bedauerlich, dass es gestern regnete. — Espi
It would be unfortunate if that happened.
deEs wäre bedauerlich, wenn das geschähe. — Waldelfe
Origin
From un- + fortunate, doublet of infortunate.From un- + fortunate, doublet of infortunate.
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Forms
plural: unfortunates| Singular | unfortunate |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a person who suffers misfortune:unfortunate person