misfortunate


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Adj. 1. [画像:misfortunate - deserving or inciting pity]misfortunate - deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
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misfortunate

a. desdichado-a, desgraciado-a.
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"Poor little onlucky misfortunate thing!" sighed uncle Jerry, as his eyes followed her down the hill.
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The town was bitter against he misfortunates, and for the first few days after the murder they were in constant danger of being lynched.
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