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 Translation for 'unfortunate' from English to French
ADJ   unfortunate | more unfortunate | most unfortunate
SYNO inauspicious | unfortunate | unfortunate person
malheureux {adj}unfortunate
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infortuné {adj}unfortunate
malchanceux {adj}unfortunate
fâcheux {adj} [retard, initiative]unfortunate
malencontreux {adj}unfortunate [inadvertent]
Nouns
infortuné {m}unfortunate
infortunée {f}unfortunate [female]
2 Words
tirer le mauvais numéro [loc.]to be unfortunate
4 Words
avoir une mésaventureto have an unfortunate experience
connaître une mésaventureto have an unfortunate experience
faire une expérience malheureuseto have an unfortunate experience
tendance {f} fâcheuse à faire qc.unfortunate tendency to do sth.
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Usage Examples English
  • The unfortunate Bon Accord goal keeper on the day was Andrew Lornie.
  • On the death of Mansukh Hiren, Parambir Singh is learned to have called the incident "unfortunate".
  • SCAPIN. That unfortunate beating that I gave....
  • An unfortunate plot line involves a beautiful love interest named Gwendolyn.
  • Vladimir's plans for marriage were brought to a halt by unfortunate circumstances (the blizzard, fatal injury during the war).

  • Aristophanes' play "Peace" (...) mentions an unfortunate incident involving Phidias, but little context is provided.
  • He was spared to aid in the overthrow of his unfortunate sovereign.
  • Computation without verification may cause unfortunate results. Below are some examples.
  • In spite of these unfortunate incidents, Tokugawa Ieyasu and his generation seemed to greatly appreciate Muramasa weapons.
  • The premise follows persistent man Zheng Qiudong in the finance world as he navigates through business failures, economic pitfalls purposely set up by adversaries and unfortunate romances without losing his moral principles to become an elite of the financial world, described metaphorically as the “hunting ground”.

  • The plant is known by the rather unfortunate name of fart bush.
  • "Hougomont" was unfortunate and damaged on several occasions while at sea.
  • Loss of long-time artist friends was another unfortunate consequence.
  • 64. Kavindama meaning an unfortunate person.
  • Galway overcame an unfortunate Donegal with a Val Joyce (who?) strike.

  • These unfortunate events affected his health, and on 9 June 1801, he died in Saint Petersburg.
  • Garba Shehu in his response said; "If this is the money from the collections made in the name of Leah Sharibu, the unfortunate Christian girl stolen by Boko Haram, I won’t touch it with a long.
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