The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - unfortunateadj.

1) unlucky, luckless; cursed, out of luck, unblessed, Colloq down on (one's) luck: She was unfortunate enough to have married early and divorced late. 2) poor, miserable, wretched, woebegone, pathetic, dismal, unhappy, forlorn, pitiable, doomed, ill-starred, star-crossed, ill-fated: These unfortunate refugees have nowhere to go if we refuse them asylum. 3) deplorable, terrible, awful, catastrophic, disastrous, calamitous, tragic, lamentable, regrettable, distressing, upsetting, disturbing, inauspicious, grievous, ruinous: It was an unfortunate decision, and led to many problems. The flood was a most unfortunate sequel to the earthquake.