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- Dictionarymisfortune/ˌmɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/
noun
- 1. bad luck: "the project was dogged by misfortune"
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bad luck, or an unlucky event: [ + to infinitive ] That was the worst film I've ever had the misfortune to see. She suffered a good deal of misfortune over the years. It's unfair to take advantage of other people's misfortunes. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. an accident.
The meaning of MISFORTUNE is an event or conjunction of events that causes an unfortunate or distressing result : bad luck. How to use misfortune in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Misfortune.
Misfortune definition: adverse fortune; bad luck.. See examples of MISFORTUNE used in a sentence.
Misfortune means bad luck or the state of having bad luck. Break misfortune into its parts and you get mis- meaning bad and fortune meaning chance or luck. Sometimes it can feel like misfortune follows you.
A misfortune is something unpleasant or unlucky that happens to someone. She seemed to enjoy the misfortunes of others. American English : misfortune / mɪˈsfɔrtʃən /
misfortune is any adverse occurrence or situation involving bad luck: She had the misfortune to break her leg. adversity suggests one of a series of misfortunes: Job endured many adversities but kept his faith in God. affliction suggests a misfortune that causes great suffering: Blindness is a severe affliction.
[countable] an accident, condition or event caused by bad luck synonym blow, disaster. She bore her misfortunes bravely. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. See misfortune in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: misfortune. Definition of misfortune noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
MISFORTUNE meaning: bad luck, or an unlucky event: . Learn more.
The condition resulting from bad fortune or ill luck. Wanted to help those in misfortune. American Heritage. An instance of this; unlucky accident; mishap; mischance. Webster's New World. A distressing occurrence. American Heritage. An undesirable event such as an accident. Wiktionary. Synonyms: holocaust. woe. visitation. trouble. tribulation.
bad luck: [uncountable] That failure was more a result of misfortune than of bad judgment. an instance of this: [ countable ] some misfortunes of the business downturn. See -fortun- .
