misfortunate
English edit
Etymology edit
misfortune + -ate or mis- + fortunate
Adjective edit
misfortunate (comparative more misfortunate, superlative most misfortunate)
- Having suffered misfortune; pitiable
- 2009 January 18, Aleksandar Hemon, “United States of Chicago”, in New York Times[1]:
- It quickly became clear to me that I would have to make the transition from being a misfortunate tourist to being a Chicagoan […] .