1. Unfortunate
I picked a most unfortunate time to visit him.
She sympathized with those unfortunate people.
It was unfortunate that it rained yesterday.
I haven't been back here since that unfortunate incident.
This is unfortunate.
A very unfortunate case came to our attention several years ago.
That was an unfortunate coincidence.
It's unfortunate you couldn't be at the party.
It's really unfortunate. You don't understand at all its essence.
Due to a number of unfortunate causes, one-parent families are on the increase.
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
I feel it unfortunate that there is little of this kind of humble attitude amongst Japanese debaters.
It is so unfortunate that you broke your leg just before the competition.
if you say that someone is unfortunate, you mean that something bad has happened to them, although it was not their fault
Roger Ascham one day paying a visit to the amiable but unfortunate Lady Jane Grey found her employed in reading Plato while the rest of the family were engaged in a hunting party in the park.