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unfortunate

adj
/ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/UK/ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/CA/ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nət/

Etymology

From un- + fortunate, doublet of infortunate.

  1. derived from fortūnātus
  2. inherited from fortunat — “fortunate”
  3. formed as unfortunate — “un- + fortunate”

Definitions

  1. Not favored by fortune.

    • Thus ended the life of one of the most unfortunate of small railway concerns.

  2. Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.

    • But as the tower and towee reached the cross-roads again, another car, negligently driven, came round the corner, hit the Morris, and severed the tow rope, sending the unfortunate car back again into the shop window[…]

  3. Regrettable or unsuitable.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An unlucky person

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

      • Of those adults who used the trains every day, about half now travel daily by bus, [...] one unfortunate is reported to be walking to and from his employment.
      • Unlike the unfortunates aboard the Triumph, we viewers are in and out of the situation in under an hour and feel like we have had quite a lot of fun in the process.

    2. A prostitute.

The neighborhood

Derived

unfortunate-looking, unfortunately

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unfortunate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA