Meaning

2 senses
  1. An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.

    a person who suffers misfortune

  2. (archaic, euphemistic)A prostitute.

Examples

110 sentences
  1. She sympathized with those unfortunate people.

    ruОна сочувствовала тем несчастным. — amanshi

  2. Tom met with an unfortunate accident.

  3. There was an unfortunate incident at home.

    ruДома был несчастный случай. — kukla

  4. It was unfortunate that it rained yesterday.

    deEs war bedauerlich, dass es gestern regnete. — Espi

  5. 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
Singularunfortunate
Pluralunfortunates

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who suffers misfortune:unfortunate person

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unfortunate — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto