infortunate

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Have made his father so infortunate,

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  • This is most infortunate, not only for you and your research, but also for your readers, who may trust your opinions in making a decision on whether or not to invest in this sector, but also which company (s) to invest in, or just wait.
  • Forgetting the death of our parents, we plagued those infortunate. —  Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson
  • The Miseries of Queene MARGARITE, the infortunate VVife, of that most infortunate King Henry the sixt. —  The Battaile of Agincourt
  • The infortunate mariage of a Gentleman, called Antonio Bologna, wyth the —  The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1
  • Have made his father so infortunate, —  Edward the Second
 

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  1. Middle English infortunate = Provencal infortunat = Spanish Portuguese infortunado = Italian infortunato, from Latin infortunatus, unfortunate, from in- privative + fortunatus, fortunate: see fortunate.
 

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