unfortunately

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Variant of unfortunate

unfortunate definition

un·for·tu·nate (-fôr′c̸hə nit)

adjective

    1. having bad luck; unlucky
    2. bringing, or coming by, bad luck; unfavorable
  2. not suitable or successful

noun

an unfortunate person

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unfortunately Synonyms

unfortunately

modif.

  1. To be regretted

    unluckily, regrettably, lamentably, unhappily, miserably, sadly, grievously, disastrously, dismally, calamitously, badly, dismayingly, sickeningly, discouragingly, catastrophically, horribly, if worst comes to worst.

    Antonyms happily*, favorably*, prosperously.

  2. With ill fortune

    by ill hap, by chance, accidentally, predestinately, as luck would have it, by an evil chance, perversely.


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