Associations to the word «Misfortunate»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

MISFORTUNATE, adjective. Having suffered misfortune; pitiable

Dictionary definition

MISFORTUNATE, adjective. 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".

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