misfortune

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US /mɪsˈfɔɹt͡ʃən/ UK /mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/
noun Freq #7897

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Bad luck.

    The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.

  2. 2
    noun

    An undesirable event such as an accident.

    She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.

  3. 3
    noun

    unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

  4. 4
    noun

    an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

Etymology

From mis- + fortune.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · bad luck. adversenessadversitybad cessbad luckhard luckill luckmischancemisfortunemishapmislucktough luckunfortunateness
2 noun · an undesirable event such... adversitymishap
3 noun · unnecessary and unforeseen... bad luck
4 noun · an unfortunate state... bad luckill lucktough luck
Word family
Derived forms misfortuned
Related forms misfortunate

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