unfortunate
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Definitions
Adjective
not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
Adjective
not auspicious; boding ill
Adjective Satellite
unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"
Noun
a person who suffers misfortune
More Specific Terms
abandoned person
amputee
captive
castaway
choker
crier
desperate
diseased person
failure
griever
have-not
homeless
homeless person
Ishmael
jinx
Job
jonah
lamenter
languisher
loser
maroon
mourner
nonstarter
nympholept
outcast
pariah
poor person
prisoner
schlimazel
shlimazel
sick person
sorrower
subsister
sufferer
survivor
unsuccessful person
victim
weeper