English-Thai Dictionary

unfortunate

ADJ โชคร้าย  ฤกษ์ ไม่ ด  เคราะห์ ไม่ดี  unlucky lucky chok-rai

 

unfortunate

N คน โชคร้าย  คน เคราะห์ร้าย  loser winner kon-chok-rai

 

unfortunately

ADV น่าเสียดาย  น่าเสียดาย  โชคไม่ดี  regrettably fortunately na-sia-dai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNFORTUNATE

a.Not successful; not prosperous; as an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate voyage; unfortunate attempts; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business.

 

UNFORTUNATELY

adv. Without success; unsuccessfully; unhappily. the scheme unfortunately miscarried.

 

UNFORTUNATENESS

n.Ill luck; ill fortune; fortune; failure of success.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNFORTUNATE

UNFORTUNATE Un *for "tu *nate, a.

 

Defn: Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. -- n.

 

Defn: An unfortunate person. Hood. -- Un *for "tu *nate *ly, adv. -- Un *for "tu *nate *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unfortunate

un for tu nate |ˌənˈfôrCHənət ˌənˈfɔrtʃ (ə )nət | ▶adjective having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky: the unfortunate Cunningham was fired. • (of a circumstance ) unfavorable or inauspicious: the delay at the airport was an unfortunate start to our vacation. • regrettable or inappropriate: his unfortunate remark silenced the gathering. ▶noun (often unfortunates ) a person who suffers bad fortune. • archaic a person who is considered immoral or lacking in religious faith or instruction, esp. a prostitute.

 

unfortunately

un for tu nate ly |ˌənˈfôrCHənətlē ˌənˈfɔrtʃ (ə )nətli | ▶adverb [ sentence adverb ] it is unfortunate that: unfortunately, we do not have the time to interview every applicant.

 

Oxford Dictionary

unfortunate

un |for ¦tu ¦nate |ʌnˈfɔːtʃ (ə )nət | ▶adjective 1 having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky: there'd been an unfortunate accident. • not indicating a good chance of success; inauspicious: the delay at the airport was an unfortunate start to our holiday. 2 regrettable or inappropriate: his unfortunate remark silenced the gathering. ▶noun 1 a person who suffers bad fortune. 2 archaic a person who is considered immoral or lacking in religious faith or instruction, especially a prostitute.

 

unfortunately

un |for ¦tu ¦nate ¦ly |ʌnˈfɔːtʃ (ə )nətli | ▶adverb [ sentence adverb ] it is unfortunate that: unfortunately, we do not have the time to interview every applicant.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

unfortunate

unfortunate adjective 1 unfortunate people: unlucky, hapless, jinxed, out of luck, luckless, wretched, miserable, forlorn, poor, pitiful; informal down on one's luck. ANTONYMS lucky. 2 an unfortunate start to our vacation: adverse, disadvantageous, unfavorable, unlucky, unwelcome, unpromising, inauspicious, unpropitious, bad; formal grievous. ANTONYMS auspicious. 3 an unfortunate remark: regrettable, inappropriate, unsuitable, infelicitous, unbecoming, inopportune, tactless, injudicious. ANTONYMS tactful, appropriate. WORD NOTE See hapless Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

unfortunately

unfortunately adverb unfortunately, Mr. Hillman will not be joining us tonight: unluckily, sadly, regrettably, unhappily, alas, sad to say; informal worse luck.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

unfortunate

unfortunate adjective 1 today, many unfortunate people have too much enforced leisure: unlucky, hapless, out of luck, down on one's luck, luckless, wretched, miserable, forlorn, unhappy, poor, pitiful; ill-starred, ill-fated, ill-omened, star-crossed, jinxed, cursed, doomed. ANTONYMS fortunate, lucky. 2 it was a very unfortunate chain of circumstances: adverse, disadvantageous, unadvantageous, unfavourable, unlucky, untoward, unwelcome; untimely, unpromising, inauspicious, unpropitious, hostile, tough, hard, inimical, harmful, detrimental, injurious, ruinous, disastrous, calamitous, dire, miserable, distressing, grievous, black, lamentable, tragic, terrible, awful, wretched. ANTONYMS fortunate, auspicious. 3 an unfortunate remark: regrettable, inappropriate, unsuitable, inapt, infelicitous, tactless, untoward, injudicious. ANTONYMS tactful, appropriate. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD unfortunate, unlucky, ill-starred, hapless These words all express a recognition that something undesirable and probably undeserved has happened to someone, with some degree of sympathy for them. All but hapless can describe the event, as well as the person to whom it happens. ■ Unfortunate is used to acknowledge the unpleasantness of a situation (the unfortunate Cunningham was sacked | we are just glad the whole unfortunate episode has had a happy ending ). Unfortunate can also be used of a regrettable event or situation, often euphemistically ascribing blame (the Judge was severely reprimanded for a number of unfortunate remarks made by him ). ■ Describing someone as unlucky lays some emphasis on the element of chance involved in their misfortune (John and Alison were one of the unlucky couples to have their wedding cancelled | a series of unlucky breakdowns curtailed his career ). Unlucky is often used of people who are unsuccessful despite their best efforts (Cooper was unlucky, coming 11th ). ■ Ill-starred is seldom found outside self-consciously literary writing and is the only one of these four words to retain any significant sense of fate, with which the stars are often associated; it means ‘doomed from the outset ’ (Scott's ill-starred Polar expedition | none of my ill-starred relations has ever died by the gun ). ■ The pity expressed for a hapless person is sometimes tinged with amusement or exasperation. It is strongly hinted that they have contributed to their own misfortune through incompetence or weakness (a powerful cross which the hapless Robinson diverted into his own net | some documents were lost by hapless temps ). The similarity in sound of ‘hopeless ’ and ‘helpless ’ may have played a part in the development of this implication. Often, the victim's inability to improve their plight is emphasized (the hapless victims of some depraved international conspiracy ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

unfortunately

unfortunately adverb unfortunately, when my husband mentioned this to his mother all hell broke loose: unluckily, sadly, regrettably, unhappily, woefully, lamentably, alas, sad to say, sad to relate; informal worse luck. ANTONYMS luckily.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

unfortunate

un for tu nate /ʌ̀nfɔ́ː r tʃ (ə )nət /〖un (否定 )fortunate (幸運な )〗(副 )unfortunately 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人 事態などが 〉 «…にとって /…の点において » 不運な , 不幸な «for /in » ▸ an unfortunate accident 不運な事故 2 ｟かたく ｠〈行動 発言などが 〉不適切な, 適切でない ; 〈事が 〉残念な, 遺憾な (regrettable ); 〖it is ～ that節 〗…とは残念だ ▸ It is most unfortunate that …誠に遺憾ではありますが …3 〈状況などが 〉好ましくない ; 縁起の悪い, 不吉な .4 貧乏な, 生活に困った .名詞 C ｟文 ｠不幸な人, 不運な人 ;｟ 遠回しに ｠ (社会的 )弱者 .

 

unfortunately

un for tu nate ly /ʌ̀nfɔ́ː r tʃ (ə )nətli /→unfortunate 副詞 more ～; most ～〖文修飾; 通例文頭で 〗【人にとって 】不幸にも , 運悪く, あいにく, 残念ながら «for » ▸ Unfortunately , I have no money with me .あいにく金の持ち合わせがない (≒It is unfortunate that …)