Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition or state of being unfortunate; ill luck; ill fortune.
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- noun The quality of being
unfortunate ; bad luck;mischance .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Not if you want to avoid what we're still calling "that unfortunateness with the crockpot" decades later.
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Staying in until the convention buys her three more months of campaign time, three more months to make her case to the party and the country, three more months for some potential political unfortunateness to befall Senator Obama.
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The theatre had a bit of small-town unfortunateness (raffle-tickets stapled into the program, not terribly well-informed ushers who were well less than half my age ...) but the players put on a fine show.
The Weekend melted_snowball 2007
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Staying in until the convention buys her three more months of campaign time, three more months to make her case to the party and the country, three more months for some potential political unfortunateness to befall Senator Obama.
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They say he had had unfortunateness in the way of love derangements with a young lady when he was young; before he contracted red bed-quilts and had his financial conclusions disqualified.
Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886
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The unfortunateness is in the nature of the answer.
Site Home Michael S. Kaplan 2011
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Plus, think of the savings ... no elastics on the claws ... no culls (one claw from fighting, or other unfortunateness).
msnbc.com: Community 2010
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It was a pleasant day over all, with lots of lovely Colombian countryside and some groovy little statues, though the cantankerous nature of Brendan's horse and the unfortunateness of mine dulled the excitement of the second half somewhat.
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It was a pleasant day over all, with lots of lovely Colombian countryside and some groovy little statues, though the cantankerous nature of Brendan's horse and the unfortunateness of mine dulled the excitement of the second half somewhat.
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It was a pleasant day over all, with lots of lovely Colombian countryside and some groovy little statues, though the cantankerous nature of Brendan's horse and the unfortunateness of mine dulled the excitement of the second half somewhat.
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