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MISFORTUNATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misfortunate mean?
• MISFORTUNATE (adjective)
The adjective MISFORTUNATE has 1 sense:
1. deserving or inciting pity
Familiarity information: MISFORTUNATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deserving or inciting pity
Synonyms:
hapless; miserable; misfortunate; pathetic; piteous; pitiable; pitiful; poor; wretched
Context example:
a wretched life
Similar:
unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)
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"If the village stands, it can break a trunk." (Armenian proverb)
"Don't go to the pub without money." (Czech proverb)