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Synonyms for Unfortunately
un·for·tu·nate·ly
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Wiktionary
unfortunatelyadverb
Synonyms:
regrettably, unluckilyAntonyms:
fortunately, luckilyunfortunatelyadverb
Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
Synonyms:
regrettably, unluckilyAntonyms:
luckily, fortunately
Princeton's WordNet
unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alasadverb
by bad luck
"unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"
Synonyms:
regrettably, unluckily, unfortunately, alasAntonyms:
fortunately, luckily, fortuitously, as luck would have it
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unfortunately":
regrettably, sadly, alas, regretfully, lamentably, tragically, unhappily, already, woefully, deplorably, unfortunate, alack
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#732 | already | |
#4184 | unfortunately | |
#11756 | sadly | |
#12840 | unfortunate | |
#16037 | alas | |
#36224 | tragically | |
#49030 | regrettably | |
#55734 | woefully | |
#69306 | unhappily | |
#86382 | regretfully | |
#165353 | unluckily | |
#172803 | alack | |
#204407 | lamentably |
How to use Unfortunately in a sentence?
Unfortunately, our territory has become a huge clandestine grave.
Unfortunately, because arrests happen in less than 3 percent of reported thefts, these cases are rarely presented to us for prosecution — and when they are, we prosecute the vast majority of them, but because arrests are so infrequent, our office has been proactively partnering with stores like Walgreens on prevention programs as well as partnering with other jurisdictions — which last year, led to the recovery of over $ 11 million in stolen merchandise.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi:
Unfortunately the (Kurdistan) region has not complied with it until now.
State Fire Marshal Bill Degnan:
Unfortunately there was a father and daughter that perished in this incident.
To have the judiciary create a legal circus is disappointing and what discredits the institutions we rely upon for a stable society, the rule of law must be followed, and I will not rest until it is. Unfortunately, we will have to wait a little bit longer for that to happen.
Translations for Unfortunately
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- أسفArabic
- malauradamentCatalan, Valencian
- bohuželCzech
- desværre, uheldigvisDanish
- unglücklicherweise, leiderGerman
- δυστυχώςGreek
- bedaŭrinde, malfeliĉeEsperanto
- desafortunadamente, por desgracia, desgraciadamente, lamentablementeSpanish
- kahjuksEstonian
- بدبختانه, متاسفانهPersian
- valitettavastiFinnish
- tíverriFaroese
- malheureusement, malencontreusementFrench
- ar an drochuairIrish
- दुर्भाग्य, दुर्भाग्यवशHindi
- sajnosHungarian
- ցավոքArmenian
- sayangnyaIndonesian
- regretindeIdo
- þv%C3%AD miðurIcelandic
- sfortunatamente, malauguratamente, purtroppoItalian
- לצעריHebrew
- 生憎, 残念Japanese
- ದುರದೃಷ್ಟದಿಂದKannada
- 유감스럽게도Korean
- بهداخهوهKurdish
- infeliciterLatin
- за жалMacedonian
- jammer genoeg, helaasDutch
- uheldigvis, dessverreNorwegian
- niestetyPolish
- infelizmentePortuguese
- din păcateRomanian
- к несчастью, к сожалениюRussian
- nažalost, нажалостSerbo-Croatian
- bohužiaľSlovak
- na žalostSlovene
- tyvärr, dessvärreSwedish
- அது மிகவும் மோசமாக உள்ளதுTamil
- దురదర్శంTelugu
- อับThai
- ne yazık ki, maalesefTurkish
- нажальUkrainian
- ان باتو تشدید سےUrdu
- Rất tiếcVietnamese
- neläboVolapük
- ungliklekhYiddish
- 不幸Chinese
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