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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Unfortunate; attended by misfortune or defeat.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. obsolete unprosperous; unfortunate

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. obsolete Unprosperous; unfortunate.

Etymologies

  1. disadventure +‎ -ous (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “7 And of my doleful disadventurous dear: disadventurous > unfortunate dear > beloved (some editors gloss this as "loss, injury") 8 O heavy record of the good Redcross,”

    The Faerie Queene — Volume 01

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  1. unprosperous
  1. unfortunate

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