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misfortune

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled misfortun

US /mɪsˈfɔɹt͡ʃən/ UK /mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/
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Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Bad luck.

    He had the misfortune to break his leg on the first day of the trip.

  2. 2
    noun

    An unlucky event, such as an accident or loss.

    She faced one misfortune after another that year.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · bad luck. bad luckadversitymischancemishapill luck
2 noun · an unlucky event, such as... adversitymishap
Word family
Forms misfortunes
Derived forms misfortuned
Related forms misfortunate

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Etymology

From mis- + fortune.

Topics

General Vocabulary

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