misfortunate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From misfortune + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or mis- + fortunate.

"Poor little onlucky misfortunate thing!" sighed uncle Jerry, as his eyes followed her down the hill. — Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
"It is very misfortunate," he remarked with a sigh, which had difficulty in escaping through a huge mass of fish and rice. — Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Oh now, I thought, the gold is heavy against her; this is a misfortunate time to be forsaking her husband, isn't it? — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

hapless, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

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