misfortunate
adjEtymology From misfortune + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or mis- + fortunate.
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Having suffered misfortune; pitiable or habitually unfortunate.
- It quickly became clear to me that I would have to make the transition from being a misfortunate tourist to being a Chicagoan[…].2009 January 18, Aleksandar Hemon, “United States of Chicago”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- misfortunately
- Related terms
- fortunate, unfortunate