Unfortunately

/ʌnˈfɔː.tjʊ.nət.li/

Synonyms for "unfortunately" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Adverb(3 words)

badlyby ill hapby ill luckimpolitically impoliticly

Strong matches (11)

in adverse circumstancesinadvisably inappropriately inaptly inauspiciously incongruously inconveniently ineptly inexpediently infelicitously inopportunely

Related words (19)

Adverb(7 words)

lamentablyoh dearregretfully sadly tragicallywhat a pitywoefully

painfully sadly undesirably unfavorably unfittingly unhappily unluckily unpromisingly unpropitiously unprovidentially unseasonably unsuitably

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discourse markerstance adverb

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6 entries

oh dearoh noregrettably sadly unhappilywhat a pity

Collocations

11 entries

data evidence findings outcomes results studyunfortunately for scienceunfortunately not availableunfortunately the dataunfortunately this resultunfortunately timed release

Derivations

2 entries

unfortunate unfortunateness

Antonyms

1 entries

fortunately

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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It is unfortunately true.

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Unfortunately, the telephone was out of order.

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The bad news is unfortunately true.

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Unfortunately he refused to come.

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