MISFORTUNE


Meaning of MISFORTUNE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

suffer

The casualties were far fewer, but the train did not suffer the extraordinary misfortune of striking a bridge.

By no means was McRae the only driver to suffer misfortune .

The couple have suffered a catalogue of misfortune in recent weeks.

Is he the only geophysics supervisor to have suffered the misfortune of losing a student to the great geophysicist in the sky?

I have suffered a misfortune , she told herself.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Her misfortunes worsened this year, when her company eliminated her position and she lost her job.

It was impossible not to feel sympathy for the family's misfortune .

These people are taking advantage of our misfortunes.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Amelia had the misfortune to arrive during the darkest period in Atchison history.

If you do have the misfortune to have a burst pipe, the most important thing is not to panic.

It was undertaken generally by people who had experienced personal misfortune .

So, too, do those people in towns who have the misfortune to live near the wrong warehouse.

The casualties were far fewer, but the train did not suffer the extraordinary misfortune of striking a bridge.

This at first seemed a great misfortune , for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a woodchopper.

Those for Diem were red, which signified good luck, and those for Bao Dai green, the color of misfortune .

Timante examines the book which relates the misfortunes of his wife, whose whereabouts he did not know.

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