misfortunate

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The east wasn't as misfortunate, the Arab / Islamic world continued for centuries to be the shining example of forward progressive thinking and the adoption of science.

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  1. Producing misfortune.
  2. Unfortunate. We were the poorest of all, madam, and have been misfortunate from the beginning. Miss Burney, Cecilia, i. 11. That misfortunate wasting of his strength. Sir H. Taylor, Philip Van Artevelde, II., iv. 4.

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  • My wife obviously has a thing for the misfortunate and strays. —  Step on a Crack by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
  • Departing with a mere fraction of their fortunes would be enough to buy generators, food, clothing, and building materials for the misfortunate. —  On the BorderLine
  • The east wasn't as misfortunate, the Arab / Islamic world continued for centuries to be the shining example of forward progressive thinking and the adoption of science. —  Qwaider Planet
  • All this proceeds from sympathy; but it is of a partial kind, and views its objects only on one side, without considering the other, which has a contrary effect, and would entirely destroy that emotion, which arises from the first appearance We have also instances, wherein an indifference and insensibility under misfortune encreases our concern for the misfortunate, even though the indifference proceed not from any virtue and magnanimity. —  A Treatise of Human Nature
  • Animal rights activists from "Four Paws Foundation" have brought freedom to dozens of misfortunate former dancers. —  Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)
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