misfortune
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
misfortune
- (uncountable) bad luck
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track ↗
- Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.
- The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
- It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track ↗
- (countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
- 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle. ↗, Chapter X
- The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune, happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!
- She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.
- 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle. ↗, Chapter X
- French: malchance
- German: Pech, Ungemach
- Italian: malasorte
- Portuguese: azar, má sorte
- Russian: неуда́ча
- Spanish: infortunio, gafe, mala suerte
- French: mésaventure, malheur
- German: Unglück, Unfall, Unheil, Mißgeschick
- Italian: disgrazia
- Portuguese: desgraça, infortúnio, adversidade
- Russian: несча́стье
- Spanish: desgracia, infortunio, desventura, adversidad
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