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单词 unfortunate
释义 un·fortunate
I. \“+\ adjective
: not fortunate:
 a. : not favored by fortune : unsuccessful, unlucky
  < sending the unfortunate naval commander into exile — A.J.Toynbee >
 b. : marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
  < an unfortunate decision >
  < unfortunate investments >
  < an unfortunate night for all concerned >
  < had an unfortunate experience with a neighborhood cleaner — Richard Joseph >
 c. : untoward, unpromising
  < an unfortunate location for the business >
  < unfortunate social consequences — Willy Richardson >
 d. : unsuitable, inept
  < rather an unfortunate choice in the circumstances — Denis Johnston >
  < his unfortunate personality — P.I.Wellman >
 e. : lacking felicity of expression : infelicitous
  < an unfortunate term >
  < his phrasing was rather unfortunateNation >
 f. : deplorable, regrettable
  < an unfortunate lapse of taste — Saul Maloff >
 g. of a sign of the zodiac : having an unfortunate influence : unpropitious
Synonyms: see unlucky
II. noun
: an unfortunate person
 < leave off tormenting that unfortunate — Ellen Glasgow >
 < one of those unfortunates without influence or money — Kenneth Roberts >
: a social outcast (as a prisoner or prostitute)
 < one more unfortunate … gone to her death — Thomas Hood †1845 >
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