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Word entry · 11 letters

unfortunate

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"Unlucky"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aefnnorttuuStarts with UEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. not auspicious; boding ill

Word origin

From un- + fortunate, doublet of infortunate.

Used in a sentence

  • Thus ended the life of one of the most unfortunate of small railway concerns.
  • But as the tower and towee reached the cross-roads again, another car, negligently driven, came round the corner, hit the Morris, and severed the tow rope, sending the unfortunate car back again into the shop window[…]
  • Of those adults who used the trains every day, about half now travel daily by bus, [...] one unfortunate is reported to be walking to and from his employment.

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