infortunate
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- infortunately adverb
- infortunateness noun
Etymology
Origin of infortunate
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin infortūnātus, equivalent to in- in- 3 + fortūnātus fortunate
Example Sentences
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I am infortunate in the infirmity, and dare not taske my weakenesse with any more Iago.
From Othello by Shakespeare, William
And let these infortunate depart, that bee God knoweth guiltles of any cryme.
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William
That hath a husband Debonaire and faire, Vnhappy am I, most infortunate, At which he stopt, as one falne in dispaire.
From Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) by Miller, Paul William
Whereof the infortunate Gentleman was so sore astonned, as he was like to haue fallen downe dead at that instant.
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William
The infortunate Lord of Virle, hearing this sharpe sentence, remayned long time without speach, so astonned as if he had bene falne from the Clouds.
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William
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