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. Hillary Clinton:

   For more than a century, Planned Parenthood has provided essential services for women, and I think it is unfortunate that Planned Parenthood had been the object of such a concerted attacks for so many years. It's really is an attack against a women's right to choose to make the most personal, difficult decisions that any woman would face based on her faith and the medical advice that she is given.

2. Republican Leader Will Barclay:

   The confusion and chaos surrounding Gov. Hochul’s overreaching mask mandate reached an unfortunate peaktoday, i have said that unilateral requirements like the one being forced onto New Yorkers by the Hochul Administration are decisions that should remain at the local level. The Appellate Division has granted a stay of the governor’s order, but it’s time for all of us to move on from mandates, fear and confusion.

3. Yang Bu-kwon:

   Even the doctor is very positive and Hak-seon is showing a very strong will to make this possible, he's been training for this moment for four years and his condition before the unfortunate injury is better than it was in 2012.

4. The Press:

   It is deeply unfortunate as this latest instance appears to be a clear cut case of vendetta, coming within weeks of a documentary aired by the BBC.

5. Nick Gordon:

   It got really bad after( Pat Houston) had passed away, it was unfortunate, but at the time that was kind of the only way we knew how to deal with what had happened.