The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misfortunate
Misfortunate \Mis*for"tu*nate\ (?; 135), a. Producing misfortune. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
misfortunate
a. Having suffered misfortune; pitiable
WordNet
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]
Usage examples of "misfortunate".
Sergeant Shankey was arriving at just that moment to relieve the misfortunate Turner.