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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
unfortunate/ʌnˈfɔːtʃənət/

▶adjective

1 having bad fortune; unlucky.
■ inauspicious.

2 regrettable or inappropriate.

▶noun a person who suffers bad fortune.

– derivatives
unfortunately adverb.

'unfortunate' also found in these Oxford entries:

accident - cap - catalogue - catastrophic - chapter - conspire - hapless - inadvisable - infelicitous - luckless - mischief - mischievous - misfortune - only - plight - prone - shame - unhappy - wretch - wretched

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unfortunate" in the title:

a bitter/unfortunate man
an unfortunate testament
trapped by the unfortunate condition of her good health
unfortunate / miserable
Unfortunate hesitation
Unfortunate v/s Unfortune

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