adj
Meaning 1
Not favored by fortune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unsuccessful
Antonyms: fortunate
Standard Lemma guide
unfortunate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nət/
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Canada, General-American: /ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
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Canada, General-American: /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪt/
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/ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nət/ General American, weak vowel merger
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/ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nət/ General American, weak vowel merger
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N F AO1 R CH AH0 N AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 N F AO1 R CH UW0 N AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unlucky
Antonyms: fortunate, lucky
adj
Meaning 3
Regrettable or unsuitable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A prostitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, euphemistic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
not auspicious; boding ill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inauspicious
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unfortunate turn of events
- an unfortunate decision
- unfortunate investments
- an unfortunate night for all concerned
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: fortunate
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
unsuitable or regrettable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unfortunate choice of words
- an unfortunate speech
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
a person who suffers misfortune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unfortunate person
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: abandoned person, amputee, choker, desperate, homeless, homeless person, Job, jonah, jinx, languisher, failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person, maroon, mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter, nympholept, outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael, poor person, have-not, prisoner, captive, schlimazel, shlimazel, sick person, diseased person, sufferer, survivor, subsister, victim, weeper, crier
History
Etymology
From un- + fortunate, doublet of infortunate.
Across languages
Translations
103 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: դժբախտ (džbaxt) — not favored by fortune
- Armenian: ձախորդ (jaxord) — not favored by fortune
- Bulgarian: нещастен (neštasten) — not favored by fortune
- Catalan: desafortunat — not favored by fortune
- Chinese Mandarin: 不幸 (bùxìng) — not favored by fortune
- Danish: uheldig — not favored by fortune
- Danish: ulykkelig — not favored by fortune
- Dutch: onfortuinlijk — not favored by fortune
- Faroese: óskepnuligur — not favored by fortune
- Faroese: eydnuleysur — not favored by fortune
- Faroese: vanlukkuligur — not favored by fortune
- Finnish: onneton — not favored by fortune
- Finnish: epäonninen — not favored by fortune
- French: infortuné — not favored by fortune
- Galician: desafortunado — not favored by fortune
- German: unglücklich — not favored by fortune
- German: unglückselig — not favored by fortune
- Greek: άμοιρος (ámoiros) — not favored by fortune
- Greek: άτυχος (átychos) — not favored by fortune
- Greek: κακότυχος (kakótychos) — not favored by fortune
- Greek: ατυχέστατος (atychéstatos) — not favored by fortune
- Greek: αποτυχημένος (apotychiménos) — not favored by fortune
- Ancient Greek: δυστυχής (dustukhḗs) — not favored by fortune
- Ancient Greek: ἀτυχής (atukhḗs) — not favored by fortune
- Hindi: अभागा (abhāgā) — not favored by fortune
- Ido: desfortunoza — not favored by fortune
- Interlingua: infortunate — not favored by fortune
- Irish: mí-ámharach — not favored by fortune
- Irish: mífhortúnach — not favored by fortune
- Italian: sfortunato — not favored by fortune
- Italian: iellato — not favored by fortune
- Italian: sfigato — not favored by fortune
- Italian: scalognato — not favored by fortune
- Italian: malcapitato — not favored by fortune
- Italian: sventurato — not favored by fortune
- Italian: disgraziato — not favored by fortune
- Japanese: 不幸 (fukō) — not favored by fortune
- Kazakh: бақытсыз (baqytsyz) — not favored by fortune
- Korean: 불행 (bulhaeng) — not favored by fortune
- Central Kurdish: بێبەخت (bêbext) — not favored by fortune
- Latin: īnfēlīx — not favored by fortune
- Macedonian: не́среќен (nésreḱen) — not favored by fortune
- Malayalam: ദൗർഭാഗ്യം (dauṟbhāgyaṁ) — not favored by fortune
- Norwegian: uheldig — not favored by fortune
- Occitan: desfortunat — not favored by fortune
- Occitan: malastrugat — not favored by fortune
- Polish: fatalny — not favored by fortune
- Polish: pechowy — not favored by fortune
- Portuguese: desafortunado — not favored by fortune
- Portuguese: azarado — not favored by fortune
- Portuguese: infeliz — not favored by fortune
- Russian: несча́стный (nesčástnyj) — not favored by fortune
- Russian: несчастли́вый (nesčastlívyj) — not favored by fortune
- Russian: неуда́чный (neudáčnyj) — not favored by fortune
- Russian: неуда́чливый (neudáčlivyj) — not favored by fortune
- Russian: невезучий (nevezučij) — not favored by fortune
- Sikkimese: ཇུས་ཉེས (jus nyes) — not favored by fortune
- Spanish: desafortunado — not favored by fortune
- Spanish: desgraciado — not favored by fortune
- Swedish: olycklig — not favored by fortune
- Ottoman Turkish: وارون (varun) — not favored by fortune
- Vietnamese: đáng tiếc — not favored by fortune
- Armenian: դժբախտ (džbaxt) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Armenian: ձախորդ (jaxord) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Bulgarian: неудачен (neudačen) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Catalan: desafortunat — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Chinese Mandarin: 不幸 (bùxìng) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Danish: uheldig — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Esperanto: malbonŝanca — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Finnish: onneton — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Finnish: epäonninen — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Finnish: onnistumaton — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- French: malencontreux — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- German: unglücklich — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- German: unglückselig — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Hindi: अभागा (abhāgā) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Irish: aimseach — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Italian: sfortunato — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Japanese: 不幸 (fukō) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Central Kurdish: نەگبەت (negbet) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Latin: īnfēlīx — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Macedonian: не́среќен (nésreḱen) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Malayalam: ദൗർഭാഗ്യം (dauṟbhāgyaṁ) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Marathi: दुर्दैवी (durdaivī) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Norwegian: uheldig — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Plautdietsch: schod — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Portuguese: desafortunado — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Portuguese: infeliz — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Russian: неуда́чный (neudáčnyj) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Spanish: desafortunado — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Turkish: talihsiz — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Turkish: uğursuz — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Ottoman Turkish: اوغورسز (uğursuz) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Ottoman Turkish: بختسز (bahtsız) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Ottoman Turkish: قوتسز (kutsuz) — marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Bulgarian: нещастник (neštastnik) — unlucky person
- Czech: nešťastník — unlucky person
- Irish: ainniseoir — unlucky person
- Irish: créatúr — unlucky person
- Irish: donán — unlucky person
- Macedonian: не́среќник (nésreḱnik) — unlucky person
- Ottoman Turkish: بختسز (bahtsız) — unlucky person
- Ottoman Turkish: قوتسز (kutsuz) — unlucky person
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