n. 25B6; adjective
unfortunate people : UNLUCKY, hapless, out of luck, luckless, wretched, miserable, forlorn, poor, pitiful; informal down on one's luck.
an unfortunate start to our holiday : ADVERSE, disadvantageous, unfavourable, unlucky, unwelcome, unpromising, inauspicious, unpropitious; formal grievous.
an unfortunate remark : REGRETTABLE, inappropriate, unsuitable, infelicitous, tactless, injudicious.
lucky, auspicious.