Misfortunate \Mis*for"tu*nate\ (?; 135), a.
Producing misfortune. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
misfortunate
adj : deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals
for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful
fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted
limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: hapless, miserable,
pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor,
wretched]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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