UNFORTUNATE

adj. 1 unlucky, luckless; cursed, out of luck, unblessed, Colloq down on (one's) luck She was unfortunate enough to have married early and divorced late 2 poor, miserable, wretched, woebegone, pathetic, dismal, unhappy, forlorn, pitiable, doomed, ill-starred, star-crossed, ill-fated These unfortunate refugees have nowhere to go if we refuse them asylum 3 deplorable, terrible, awful, catastrophic, disastrous, calamitous, tragic, lamentable, regrettable, distressing, upsetting, disturbing, inauspicious, grievous, ruinous It was an unfortunate decision, and led to many problems The flood was a most unfortunate sequel to the earthquake.