Want to use Unfortunate correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like homeless or fatal.
Unfortunate meaning
- Not favored by fortune.
- Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.
- Regrettable or unsuitable.
Synonyms of Unfortunate
Example sentences (20)
Bebe Rexha says her tour “must go on” despite her previous show in New York having ended in “an unfortunate way”.
If the only thing holding you back is wondering, "do behind-the-ear tattoos hurt?" we have some unfortunate news.
Coast Guard officials here have confirmed the development and say they are monitoring the unfortunate situation.
Alamutu, who said the shooting was unfortunate and uncalled for, expressed joy that the actor is in a stable condition.
It was an unfortunate consequence of his own actions, which evidenced by his rap sheet spanned many many years.
He said it is unfortunate that quality research work has not been done on this crucial subject in the country.
It happened all the way through the game and, due to some unfortunate circumstances, we didn't get the reward.
He said, “It is quite unfortunate that the only existing certificate-issuing academy on privacy is in Europe.
Freeman suffered an unfortunate accident at home earlier in the year where she ruptured her achilles tendon.
In a tweet, the Lt Governor said, “Extremely pained by the loss of lives in unfortunate road accidents in Doda and Ramban.
It’s unfortunate for the friendship and relationship, but you understand and you know this is the business.
It’s so unfortunate that some of the most useful products like CBD oil are unpleasant to the human palate.
An unfortunate trope in a lot of media, especially anime, is that one of the character’s parents is dead.
It is easy to pass judgment on an unfortunate, rare event from the disconnected comfort of an armchair.
However, the most unfortunate recast occurred following the cancelation on ABC and the revival on Fox.
Chloé Zhao’s 2021 ensemble feature currently holds that unfortunate title, with a 47 per cent rating.
He said the incident over the weekend was unfortunate and investigations would be promptly carried out to get to the bottom of it.
Although, I'll still argue that getting rid of the "body language" line by Ursula during "Poor Unfortunate Souls" wasn't necessary.
Barcelona were certainly the better team throughout, but Sevilla held on deep into the second half before the unfortunate own goal.
Ali also thanked Mayawati for giving him a Lok Sabha ticket while stressing that the party’s decision against him was “unfortunate”.
Common combinations with unfortunate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the unfortunate 41×
- an unfortunate 28×
- unfortunate that 20×
- unfortunate incident 17×
- unfortunate and 14×
- was unfortunate 14×
- is unfortunate 13×
- very unfortunate 9×
- most unfortunate 7×
- and unfortunate 6×
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