mis ‧ for ‧ tune /mɪsˈfɔːtʃ ə n $ -ɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ fortune , ↑ misfortune , ↑ unfortunate ; adverb : ↑ fortunately ≠ ↑ unfortunately ; adjective : ↑ fortunate ≠ ↑ unfortunate ]
very bad luck, or something that happens to you as a result of bad luck:
It seems the banks always profit from farmers’ misfortunes.
have the misfortune to do/of doing something
The French soldiers had the misfortune to be caught in the crossfire.
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ suffer misfortune
You are not the only person to have suffered misfortune in your life.
▪ be dogged by misfortune (=have a lot of bad luck over a period of time)
The project seemed dogged by misfortune.
■ adjectives
▪ a great misfortune
Everything they owned was lost in the fire, which was a great misfortune.
▪ a terrible misfortune
At that time, being thin was considered a terrible misfortune for women.
■ phrases
▪ have the misfortune to do something/of doing something
Last year, he had the misfortune to be involved in a car crash.
▪ have ever had the misfortune to do/of doing (=used for emphasizing how bad something is)
He was the most arrogant man I'd ever had the misfortune of meeting.