"unfortunate" meaning in English

See unfortunate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈfɔːtjʊnət/ [UK], /ʌnˈfɔrt͡ʃənɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unfortunate.wav [UK] Forms: unfortunate [positive], more unfortunate [comparative], most unfortunate [superlative]
Etymology: un- + fortunate Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|un|fortunate}} un- + fortunate Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When something (usually an event) is unfortunate, it is not good and is a misfortune. It is considered to be unlucky that such a thing happened.
    Sense id: simple-unfortunate-en-adj-JdyZdqzf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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