Unfortunate meaning in English
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Definition
unfortunate: unlucky, unsuccessful; sad, regrettable, lamentable
fortunate lucky, opportune, with good luck
unfortunately: sadly, regrettably, lamentably
fortunately luckily, with good luck, by a happy chance
Pronunciation examples
UK: Unfortunately, the show is cancelled due to an escaped tiger.
US: Yes, that is very unfortunate.
Examples
- "Unfortunately, all of them charge considerably more than what we are paying our current partners."
- "Unfortunately, a member of the IT department has discovered the "Taxman" virus on a Delavigne employee's computer."
- "Donna : Unfortunately, this is going to be one of the rare meetings here at Delavigne that won't include alcohol, but I do have some nice biscuits."
- "The following winter however, Bruno suffered an unfortunate accident that would change his life forever."
- "Unfortunately, you don't have one."
- "Unfortunately, the current economic climate has led to budget cuts, and the corporation cannot afford to take you on a guided tour of the park."
- "Unfortunately, all I can see is a huge plain of ice and snow which stretches out for miles."
- "Unfortunately, I'm not able to attend the event, as I'm scheduled to see my personal trainer at 8AM, the dentist at 10AM, I have a meeting with the Sales Department at midday, lunch with Harold Warbuckle at 1.30PM, and then a video conference with one of our Australian salespeople at 9PM."
- "Bruno : Unfortunately, I cannot."
- "I had an unfortunate accident when I was younger."
- "Unfortunately, Numbers never knew his father, there were too many tomcats in the neighborhood."
- "Unfortunately, as the result of a vicious tackle in his weekly football match, Grandfather scratched his shin."
- "Unfortunately my brother Felix, a shareholder and investor himself, will not be attending this year's meeting."
- "Unfortunately none of the three apartments I visited were acceptable."
- "Their partnership came to an unfortunate end however when Xavier died in a suspicious explosion in the early 1980s."
- "Unfortunately, it's not good news: I've had several complaints about the provocative nature of our posters."
- "Unfortunately, there's no time for the traffic report, but we'll check in again within the hour."
- "Unfortunately, the gentleman I was planning to take with me is unable to attend, so his ticket is up for grabs!"
- "I would have singled out just one person, but unfortunately science is not an exact science."
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