Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

The word "unfortunate" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

fortunate fortunate

Derived Terms

unfortunately

Derived From

fortunate fortune

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor doer worker

Type Of (IsA)

person

Related Terms

deplorable infelicitous regrettable unsuitable

Related Terms

deplorable favored fortunate fortunately fortune infelicitous marked misfortune person regrettable underprivileged unlucky unsuccessful unsuitable

Similar Terms

abject abject black calamitous calamitous disastrous dispossessed dispossessed doomed downtrodden downtrodden fatal fateful hapless homeless ill starred ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred infelicitous infelicitous luckless miserable misfortunate misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful poor regrettable regrettable roofless too bad underprivileged unhappy unlucky unpromising unsuccessful wretched

Synonym Network

inauspicious unlucky unsuccessful

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