unfortunate

English

Etymology

un- +‎ fortunate

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈfɔːtjʊnət/, /ʌnˈfɔːt͡ʃənət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈfɔɹt͡ʃənɪt/
• Hyphenation: for‧tu‧nate

Adjective

unfortunate (comparative more unfortunate, superlative most unfortunate)

1. not favored by fortune

   Synonym: unsuccessful

   Antonym: fortunate

2. marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune

   Synonym: unlucky

   Antonyms: fortunate, lucky

Translations

not favored by fortune

• Armenian: դժբախտ (hy) (džbaxt)
• Catalan: desafortunat (ca)
• Danish: uheldig, ulykkelig
• Dutch: onfortuinlijk (nl)
• Finnish: onneton (fi), epäonninen
• French: infortuné (fr)
• Galician: desafortunado
• German: unglücklich (de), unglückselig (de)
• Greek: άμοιρος (el) (ámoiros)

  Ancient: δυστυχής (dustukhḗs)

• Ido: desfortunoza (io)

• Italian: sfortunato (it), iellato, sfigato (it), scalognato, malcapitato (it), sventurato (it), disgraziato (it)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بێبه‌خت‎ (ku) (bêbext)

• Latin: īnfēlīx
• Norwegian: uheldig (no)
• Portuguese: desafortunado, azarado (pt)
• Russian: несча́стный (ru) (nesčástnyj), несчастли́вый (ru) (nesčastlívyj), неуда́чный (ru) (neudáčnyj), неуда́чливый (ru) (neudáčlivyj)
• Spanish: desafortunado (es)
• Swedish: olycklig (sv)

marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune

• Armenian: դժբախտ (hy) (džbaxt)
• Catalan: desafortunat (ca)
• Danish: uheldig
• Finnish: onneton (fi), epäonninen, onnistumaton (fi)
• French: malencontreux (fr)
• German: unglücklich (de), unglückselig (de)
• Irish: aimseach
• Italian: sfortunato (it)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نه‌گبه‌ت‎ (ku) (negbet)

• Latin: īnfēlīx
• Norwegian: uheldig (no)
• Portuguese: desafortunado, infeliz (pt)
• Russian: неуда́чный (ru) (neudáčnyj)
• Spanish: desafortunado (es)

Derived terms

• unfortunately

See also

• deplorable
• regrettable
• infelicitous
• unsuitable

Noun

unfortunate (plural unfortunates)

1. An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.