unfortunate• But his tendency to depreciate the validity of gratitude is unfortunate.• Parents are so busy with their careers that they don't have time to have fun with their children, and that's unfortunate.• an unfortunateaccident• I think these hundreds of unfortunatebeings have some rights which we should consider.• The mix-up was the result of a set of unfortunatecircumstances.• Quarterback Brady Anderson was injured in an unfortunatecollision with one of his team-mates.• He was unfortunate enough to lose his job just after his wife had a baby.• Alas, even the most well-meaning opera buffs have an unfortunatehabit of making their favoriteindoorsport sound impossibly complicated.• He has an unfortunate habit of repeating himself.• It's unfortunate it had to happen.• an unfortunatemarriage• He added that the delay was the unfortunate result of three emergency calls arriving within an hour.• "It was an unfortunate set of circumstances that no one could have predicted, " a spokesperson said today.• Settingspecificfinancialgoals before you begin your new business is a way to avoid this unfortunate situation.• It was very unfortunate that someone ended up getting hurt.• Some of the unfortunatevictims were trappedinside the building for over 12 hours.
most unfortunate• One most unfortunateconsequence of the Counter-Reformation must be mentioned.• But Leonora's approaches had a most unfortunate effect.• But he did so in the most unfortunatemanner.• Completely discredited, the curé said: a most unfortunatemistake.• No reason why even the most unfortunatemortal should ever have a breath of depression.• The marriage feast was perhaps the most unfortunate that ever took place.• The most unfortunate, the most destructive, and oftentimes the most stubbornly-fought conflicts are those of an intra-provincial or civilcharacter.
unfortunate accident• It was a very unfortunate accident.• Last Friday's unfortunate accident left the club with no alternative.• Although thousands of children are killed or injured each year in unfortunate accidents, something made this case special.• Since the unfortunate accident to your father, I have had the strangestpresentiments concerning you, at times.
unfortunate2 noun [countableC]
literaryPOOR someone who has no money, home, job etc 不幸的人
Examples from the Corpus
unfortunate• a poorunfortunate• The ferryman was Charon and those he would not admit to his boat were the unfortunates who had not been duly buried.• Of course, there are no longer bawdy houses, where these unfortunates are displayed openly to debauched satyrs.• Frankie had been one of those unfortunates.