"unfortunate" meaning in English

See unfortunate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈfɔːtjʊnət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʌnˈfɔːt͡ʃənət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃənɪt/ [General-American], /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃnɪt/ [General-American], /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃənət/ (note: General American, weak vowel merger), /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃnət/ (note: General American, weak vowel merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unfortunate.wav Forms: more unfortunate [comparative], most unfortunate [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + fortunate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un<id:negative>|fortunate}} un- + fortunate Head templates: {{en-adj}} unfortunate (comparative more unfortunate, superlative most unfortunate)
  1. Not favored by fortune. Synonyms: unsuccessful Translations (not favored by fortune): δυστυχής (dustukhḗs) (Ancient Greek), ἀτυχής (atukhḗs) (Ancient Greek), դժբախտ (džbaxt) (Armenian), ձախորդ (jaxord) (Armenian), нещастен (neštasten) (Bulgarian), desafortunat (Catalan), بێبەخت (bêbext) (Central Kurdish), 不幸 (bùxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), uheldig (Danish), ulykkelig (Danish), onfortuinlijk (Dutch), óskepnuligur (Faroese), eydnuleysur (Faroese), vanlukkuligur (Faroese), onneton (Finnish), epäonninen (Finnish), infortuné (French), desafortunado (Galician), unglücklich (German), unglückselig (German), άμοιρος (ámoiros) (Greek), desfortunoza (Ido), mí-ámharach (Irish), mífhortúnach (Irish), sfortunato (Italian), iellato (Italian), sfigato (Italian), scalognato (Italian), malcapitato (Italian), sventurato (Italian), disgraziato (Italian), 不幸 (fukō) (Japanese), бақытсыз (baqytsyz) (Kazakh), 불행 (bulhaeng) (alt: 不幸) (Korean), īnfēlīx (Latin), не́среќен (nésreḱen) (Macedonian), ദൗർഭാഗ്യം (dauṟbhāgyaṁ) (Malayalam), uheldig (Norwegian), desfortunat (Occitan), malastrugat (Occitan), وارون (varun) (Ottoman Turkish), fatalny (Polish), pechowy (Polish), desafortunado (Portuguese), azarado (Portuguese), infeliz (Portuguese), несча́стный (nesčástnyj) (Russian), несчастли́вый (nesčastlívyj) (Russian), неуда́чный (neudáčnyj) (Russian), неуда́чливый (neudáčlivyj) (Russian), desafortunado (Spanish), desgraciado (Spanish), olycklig (Swedish), đáng tiếc (Vietnamese)
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  2. Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune. Synonyms: unlucky Translations (marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune): դժբախտ (džbaxt) (Armenian), ձախորդ (jaxord) (Armenian), неудачен (neudačen) (Bulgarian), desafortunat (Catalan), نەگبەت (negbet) (Central Kurdish), 不幸 (bùxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), uheldig (Danish), onneton (Finnish), epäonninen (Finnish), onnistumaton (Finnish), malencontreux (French), unglücklich (German), unglückselig (German), aimseach (Irish), sfortunato (Italian), 不幸 (fukō) (Japanese), īnfēlīx (Latin), не́среќен (nésreḱen) (Macedonian), ദൗർഭാഗ്യം (dauṟbhāgyaṁ) (Malayalam), दुर्दैवी (durdaivī) (Marathi), uheldig (Norwegian), اوغورسز (uğursuz) (Ottoman Turkish), بختسز (bahtsız) (Ottoman Turkish), قوتسز (kutsuz) (Ottoman Turkish), schod (Plautdietsch), desafortunado (Portuguese), infeliz (Portuguese), неуда́чный (neudáčnyj) (Russian), desafortunado (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unfortunately Related terms: deplorable, regrettable, infelicitous, unsuitable

Noun

IPA: /ʌnˈfɔːtjʊnət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʌnˈfɔːt͡ʃənət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃənɪt/ [General-American], /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃnɪt/ [General-American], /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃənət/ (note: General American, weak vowel merger), /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃnət/ (note: General American, weak vowel merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unfortunate.wav Forms: unfortunates [plural]
Etymology: From un- + fortunate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un<id:negative>|fortunate}} un- + fortunate Head templates: {{en-noun}} unfortunate (plural unfortunates)
  1. An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances. Translations (unlucky person): нещастник (neštastnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), nešťastník [masculine] (Czech), ainniseoir [masculine] (Irish), créatúr [masculine] (Irish), donán [masculine] (Irish), не́среќник (nésreḱnik) (Macedonian), بختسز (bahtsız) (Ottoman Turkish), قوتسز (kutsuz) (Ottoman Turkish)
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  2. (archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute. Tags: archaic, euphemistic
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          "word": "бақытсыз"
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          "sense": "not favored by fortune",
          "word": "불행"
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          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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          "sense": "not favored by fortune",
          "word": "بێبەخت"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "not favored by fortune",
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          "roman": "nésreḱen",
          "sense": "not favored by fortune",
          "word": "не́среќен"
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        {
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          "roman": "dauṟbhāgyaṁ",
          "sense": "not favored by fortune",
          "word": "ദൗർഭാഗ്യം"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "not favored by fortune",
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          "word": "неудачен"
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
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    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
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    "Terms with Occitan translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "džbaxt",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "դժբախտ"
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      "roman": "jaxord",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "ձախորդ"
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      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "нещастен"
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      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "desafortunat"
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      "roman": "bùxìng",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "不幸"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "uheldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "ulykkelig"
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      "word": "óskepnuligur"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "eydnuleysur"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "onneton"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "epäonninen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "word": "desafortunado"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "unglücklich"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "unglückselig"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "word": "άμοιρος"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "mífhortúnach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "iellato"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "sfigato"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "scalognato"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "malcapitato"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "sventurato"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "word": "disgraziato"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "word": "бақытсыз"
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      "alt": "不幸",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulhaeng",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "불행"
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    {
      "code": "ckb",
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      "roman": "bêbext",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "بێبەخت"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
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      "word": "īnfēlīx"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "не́среќен"
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      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "dauṟbhāgyaṁ",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "ദൗർഭാഗ്യം"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "uheldig"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "malastrugat"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "varun",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "وارون"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "fatalny"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "pechowy"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "desafortunado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "azarado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "infeliz"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "несчастли́вый"
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      "word": "неуда́чливый"
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      "code": "es",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "desgraciado"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "olycklig"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "not favored by fortune",
      "word": "đáng tiếc"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "džbaxt",
      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "դժբախտ"
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      "roman": "jaxord",
      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "ձախորդ"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "неудачен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "epäonninen"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "onnistumaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "malencontreux"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "unglücklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "unglückselig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "aimseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "sfortunato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
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      "roman": "negbet",
      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "نەگبەت"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "īnfēlīx"
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      "code": "mk",
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    {
      "code": "ml",
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      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "ദൗർഭാഗ്യം"
    },
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "durdaivī",
      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
      "word": "दुर्दैवी"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
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      "word": "uheldig"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "sense": "marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune",
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    {
      "code": "ota",
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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      "code": "pdt",
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      "code": "pt",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "es",
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      "links": [
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfɔːtjʊnət/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfɔːt͡ʃənət/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃənɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃnɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃənət/",
      "note": "General American, weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃnət/",
      "note": "General American, weak vowel merger"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neštastnik",
      "sense": "unlucky person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нещастник"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unlucky person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nešťastník"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unlucky person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ainniseoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unlucky person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "créatúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unlucky person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donán"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nésreḱnik",
      "sense": "unlucky person",
      "word": "не́среќник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bahtsız",
      "sense": "unlucky person",
      "word": "بختسز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kutsuz",
      "sense": "unlucky person",
      "word": "قوتسز"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unfortunate"
}

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