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unfortunate |
Grep of noun unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate person Overview of noun unfortunate The noun unfortunate has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) unfortunate, unfortunate person -- (a person who suffers misfortune) Overview of adj unfortunate The adj unfortunate has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) unfortunate -- (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned") 2. (3) inauspicious, unfortunate -- (not auspicious; boding ill) 3. unfortunate -- (unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech") Antonyms of adj unfortunate 3 senses of unfortunate Sense 1 unfortunate (vs. fortunate) fortunate (vs. unfortunate) => better off(prenominal) => felicitous, happy => fortuitous => good, well(prenominal) => heaven-sent, providential, miraculous => lucky => well-off Sense 2 inauspicious (vs. auspicious), unfortunate Sense 3 unfortunate INDIRECT (VIA infelicitous) -> felicitous Similarity of adj unfortunate 3 senses of unfortunate Sense 1 unfortunate (vs. fortunate) => abject => black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful => castaway, shipwrecked => dispossessed, homeless, roofless => hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched => doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky => infelicitous, unhappy => regrettable, too bad Also See-> underprivileged#1; unlucky#1, luckless#1; unsuccessful#1 Sense 2 inauspicious (vs. auspicious), unfortunate => unpromising Sense 3 unfortunate => infelicitous (vs. felicitous) Attributes of adj unfortunate 1 of 3 senses of unfortunate Sense 2 inauspicious (vs. auspicious), unfortunate => auspiciousness, propitiousness Familiarity of adj unfortunate unfortunate used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj unfortunate unfortunate Overview of noun unfortunate The noun unfortunate has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) unfortunate, unfortunate person -- (a person who suffers misfortune) Overview of adj unfortunate The adj unfortunate has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) unfortunate -- (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned") 2. (3) inauspicious, unfortunate -- (not auspicious; boding ill) 3. unfortunate -- (unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech")
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