unfortunate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   unsuitable or regrettable

   an unfortunate choice of words

2. 2
   adj

   Not favored by fortune.

   Thus ended the life of one of the most unfortunate of small railway concerns.

3. 3
   adj

   Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.

   But as the tower and towee reached the cross-roads again, another car, negligently driven, came round the corner, hit the Morris, and severed the tow rope, sending the unfortunate car back again into the shop window[…]

4. 4
   noun

   An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.

   Of those adults who used the trains every day, about half now travel daily by bus, [...] one unfortunate is reported to be walking to and from his employment.

5. 5
   adj

   not auspicious

6. 6
   adj

   not favored by fortune

7. 7
   noun

   a person who suffers misfortune

8. 8
   adj

   Regrettable or unsuitable.

Etymology

From un- + fortunate, doublet of infortunate.