unfortunate
US: /ənˈfɔɹtʃənət/, /ənˈfɔɹtʃunət/
UK: /ʌnfˈɔːtʃənət/
UK: /ʌnfˈɔːtʃənət/
English Vietnamese dictionary
unfortunate /ʌn'fɔ:tʃnit/
- tính từ
- không may, rủi ro, bất hạnh
- an unfortunate man: người bất hạnh
- an unfortunate event: việc rủi ro
- đáng buồn, đáng tiếc, bất như ý; tai hại
- không may, rủi ro, bất hạnh
- danh từ
- người bất hạnh, người bạc mệnh, người không may
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun
+ adjective
1 having bad luck; caused by bad luck
Synonym: UNLUCKY
He was unfortunate to lose in the final round. + It was an unfortunate accident. + The unfortunate animal was locked inside the house for a week.
Antonym: FORTUNATE
2 (formal) if you say that a situation is unfortunate, you wish that it had not happened or that it had happened differently
Synonym: REGRETTABLE
She described the decision as 'unfortunate'. + It was unfortunate that he couldn't speak English. + You're putting me in a most unfortunate position.
3 embarrassing and/or offensive: It was an unfortunate choice of words.
+ noun (literary) a person who does not have much luck, money, etc: one of life's unfortunates
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 unlucky, luckless; cursed, out of luck, unblessed, Colloq down on (one's) luck:
She was unfortunate enough to have married early and divorced late.
2 poor, miserable, wretched, woebegone, pathetic, dismal, unhappy, forlorn, pitiable, doomed, ill-starred, star-crossed, ill-fated:
These unfortunate refugees have nowhere to go if we refuse them asylum.
3 deplorable, terrible, awful, catastrophic, disastrous, calamitous, tragic, lamentable, regrettable, distressing, upsetting, disturbing, inauspicious, grievous, ruinous:
It was an unfortunate decision, and led to many problems. The flood was a most unfortunate sequel to the earthquake.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem | consider sb/sth
ADV.
extremely, most, particularly, singularly, very
It was a most unfortunate choice of expression.
| a bit, a little, rather, slightly
Concise English dictionary
unfortunates
+a person who suffers misfortune
adj.
+not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
+not auspicious; boding ill
+unsuitable or regrettable
