unfortunate

English

Etymology

un- +‎ fortunate

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈfɔːtjʊnət/, /ʌnˈfɔːt͡ʃənət/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃənɪt/
Hyphenation: for‧tu‧nate

Adjective

unfortunate (comparative more unfortunate, superlative most unfortunate)

not favored by fortune
Synonym: unsuccessful

Antonym: fortunate
marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
Synonym: unlucky

Antonyms: fortunate, lucky

Translations

not favored by fortune

Armenian: դժբախտ (hy) (džbaxt)
Catalan: desafortunat (ca)
Danish: uheldig, ulykkelig
Dutch: onfortuinlijk (nl)
French: infortuné (fr)
Galician: desafortunado
German: unglücklich (de), unglückselig (de)
Greek: άμοιρος (el) (ámoiros)
Ancient: δυστυχής (dustukhḗs)
Ido: desfortunoza (io)

Italian: sfortunato (it), iellato, sfigato (it), scalognato, malcapitato (it), sventurato (it), disgraziato (it)
Kurdish:
Sorani: بێبه‌خت‎ (ku) (bêbext)
Latin: īnfēlīx
Norwegian: uheldig (no)
Portuguese: desafortunado, azarado (pt)
Russian: несча́стный (ru) (nesčástnyj), несчастли́вый (ru) (nesčastlívyj), неуда́чный (ru) (neudáčnyj), неуда́чливый (ru) (neudáčlivyj)
Spanish: desafortunado (es)
Swedish: olycklig (sv)

marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune

Armenian: դժբախտ (hy) (džbaxt)
Catalan: desafortunat (ca)
Danish: uheldig
French: malencontreux (fr)
German: unglücklich (de), unglückselig (de)
Irish: aimseach
Italian: sfortunato (it)

Kurdish:
Sorani: نه‌گبه‌ت‎ (ku) (negbet)
Latin: īnfēlīx
Norwegian: uheldig (no)
Portuguese: desafortunado, infeliz (pt)
Russian: неуда́чный (ru) (neudáčnyj)
Spanish: desafortunado (es)

Derived terms

unfortunately

See also

Noun

unfortunate (plural unfortunates)

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

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