Other Words for Unfortunate

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Unfortunate as a Adjective has these synonyms:

unlucky, luckless, cursed, out of luck, unblessed, down on (one's) luck
Example: She was unfortunate enough to have married early and divorced late.

Unfortunate as a Verb has these synonyms:

deplorable, terrible, awful, catastrophic, disastrous, calamitous, tragic, lamentable, regrettable, distressing, upsetting, disturbing, inauspicious, grievous, ruinous
Example: It was an unfortunate decision, led to many problems. The flood was a most unfortunate sequel to the earthquake.

poor, miserable, wretched, woebegone, pathetic, dismal, unhappy, forlorn, pitiable, doomed, ill-starred, star-crossed, ill-fated
Example: These unfortunate refugees have nowhere to go if we refuse them asylum.

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