Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - unfortunate
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Unfortunate
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(unfortunates) 1. If you describe someone as unfortunate, you mean that something unpleasant or unlucky has happened to them. You can also describe the unpleasant things that happen to them as unfortunate. Some unfortunate person passing below could all too easily be seriously injured... Apparently he had been unfortunate enough to fall victim to a gang of thugs... Through some unfortunate accident, the information reached me a day late... It was unfortunate for Davey that his teacher did not take kindly to him. = unlucky ADJ 2. If you describe something that has happened as unfortunate, you think that it is inappropriate, embarrassing, awkward, or undesirable. It really is desperately unfortunate that this should have happened just now. ...the unfortunate incident of the upside-down Canadian flag... ADJ 3. You can describe someone as unfortunate when they are poor or have a difficult life. Every year we have charity days to raise money for unfortunate people. ADJ • An unfortunate is someone who is unfortunate. Dorothy was another of life’s unfortunates. N-COUNT
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I. adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. not favored by fortune ; unsuccessful, unlucky an ~ young man b. marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune an ~ decision 2. a. infelicitous, unsuitable an ~ choice of words b. deplorable, regrettable an ~ lack of taste II. noun Date: 1683 an ~ person ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 having bad fortune; unlucky. 2 unhappy. 3 regrettable. 4 disastrous. --n. an unfortunate person. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. неудачник; неудачница; несчастливец; горемыка 2. уст. проститутка 3. несчастный, несчастливый unfortunate person —- несчастный человек how unfortunate! —- какое несчастье!; какая жалость! it is my unfortunate dyty to inform you... —- мне выпала тяжелая обязанность сообщить вам... 4. неудачный unfortunate remark —- неудачное замечание unfortunate joke —- неуместная шутка his phrasing was rather unfortunate —- его формулировка была довольно неудачной 5. плачевный an unfortunate lack of taste —- ужасающая безвкусица an unfortunate lack of good manners —- достойная сожаления невоспитанность ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) несчастный; несчастливый 2) неудачный 2. noun 1) горемыка; неудачник 2) obs.; euphem. проститутка ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 adj 1 happening because of bad luck and often having serious or dangerous results (an unfortunate accident | his unfortunate death at the height of his career) 2 an unfortunate situation is one that you wish was different or had never happened (an unfortunate turn of events | most unfortunate formal (=very unfortunate)) (It's most unfortunate that your father can't come to the wedding.) 3 formal unfortunate behaviour, remarks etc make people feel embarrassed or offended (I thought his choice of music was a little unfortunate.) ~2 n literary someone who has no money, home, job etc ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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