Misfortunate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Misfortunate \Mis*for"tu*nate\ (?; 135), a.
     Producing misfortune. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  misfortunate
       adj : 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" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable},
              {pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}, {poor},
             {wretched}]