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Webster 1913 Edition
Misfortune
Mis-for′tune
,Noun.
Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
Consider why the change was wrought,
You ’ll find his
You ’ll find his
misfortune
, not his fault. Addison.
Syn. – Calamity; mishap; mischance; misadventure; ill; harm; disaster. See
Calamity
. Mis-for′tune
,Verb.
I.
To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.
[Obs.]
Stow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Misfortune
MISFOR'TUNE
,Noun.
Consider why the change was wrought,
You'll find it his misfortune, not his fault.
Definition 2024
misfortune
misfortune
English
Noun
misfortune (countable and uncountable, plural misfortunes)
- (uncountable) bad luck
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.
- The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
- It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- (countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
- 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X
- The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune, happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!
- She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.
- 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X
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Translations
bad luck
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an undesirable event such as an accident
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