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misfortune definition

mis·for·tune (mis fôr′c̸hən)

noun

  1. bad luck; ill fortune; trouble; adversity
  2. an instance of this; unlucky accident; mishap; mischance

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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