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"unfortunate" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often regrettable (11 letters).
Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Unlucky”11 letters
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