Synonyms for unfortunate
ʌnˈfɔr tʃə nɪtun·for·tu·nate

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1. unfortunateadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsuccessful, unlucky

   Antonyms:
   fortunate, lucky

2. unfortunateadjective

   not favored by fortune

   Synonyms:
   unlucky, unsuccessful

   Antonyms:
   lucky, fortunate

3. unfortunateadjective

   marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune

   Synonyms:
   unlucky, unsuccessful

   Antonyms:
   lucky, fortunate

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1. unfortunate

   Synonyms:
   broken, crushed, fallen, ill-starred, miserable, unhappy, unlucky, woful, wretched

   Antonyms:
   favored, fortunate, happy, lucky, prospered, prosperous, successful

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1. unfortunate

   Synonyms:
   calamitous, illfated, unlucky, wretched, unhappy, miserable

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1. unfortunate, unfortunate personadjective

   a person who suffers misfortune

   Synonyms:
   unfortunate person

   Antonyms:
   well-off, miraculous, providential, felicitous, well(p), lucky, better off(p), happy, fortunate, heaven-sent, fortuitous, good

2. unfortunateadjective

   not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune

   "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"

   Synonyms:
   inauspicious

   Antonyms:
   happy, good, heaven-sent, lucky, felicitous, better off(p), well(p), miraculous, well-off, fortunate, fortuitous, providential

3. inauspicious, unfortunateadjective

   not auspicious; boding ill

   Synonyms:
   ill, inauspicious, untoward, ominous, adverse

   Antonyms:
   miraculous, felicitous, fortuitous, well(p), better off(p), lucky, good, heaven-sent, happy, providential, well-off, fortunate

4. unfortunateadjective

   unsuitable or regrettable

   "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"

   Synonyms:
   inauspicious

   Antonyms:
   heaven-sent, felicitous, providential, fortuitous, happy, fortunate, better off(p), lucky, good, well(p), well-off, miraculous

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1. unfortunateadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsuccessful, unprosperous, unlucky, luckless, ill-fated, ill-starred

2. unfortunateadjective

   Synonyms:
   disastrous, calamitous, unhappy, deplorable

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1. unfortunateadjective

   Synonyms:
   unlucky, unsuccessful, disastrous, ill-starred, ill-fated

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1. List of paraphrases for "unfortunate":

   regrettable, unhappy, deplorable, sad, lamentable, miserable, hapless, unlucky, wretched, unappy, tragic, unpleasant, disgraceful, ill-fated, pitiful, dismal, unfortunately, disappointing, sorrowful, untoward

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1. Sylvia Rico:

   I left a rock there to memorialize the family, it’s unfortunate that she didn’t speak to someone, or him either. There are lots of resources.

2. Sunny Hostin:

   I cried because my daughter now will see this because my cousins now will see this and little girls all around the country will see this. But I will say that I agree with, you know, Both Haines and Hostin're being robbed of really what she should be asked, which is about judicial philosophy … I think that it's unfortunate that Republicans are taking this opportunity to air grievances.

3. Jamie Lynn:

   We have now lost — I don’t want to tell you how many cats — because they don’t hear the Tesla crank and unfortunate things happen and it’s really devastating and tragic for everyone involved.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   So when they see someone up in the White House, which has an air of authority to White House, who's talking about science, that there are some people who just don't believe that -- and that's unfortunate because, you know, science is truth.

5. Erika Guevara-Rosas:

   The federal institutions are responsive and are acting decisively in the face of these unfortunate events.