unfortunately
it is unfortunate that: Unfortunately, our flight was delayed for several hours.
in a way or to a degree that is unfortunate or unlucky: The project was unfortunately placed on hold until further notice.
in a way that is regrettable or unsuitable to the situation: Thank you for your comment, and I apologize for my unfortunately worded statement.
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How to use unfortunately in a sentence
If that existed, then it would probably make it more attractive for the county or city to connect their wetlands with their climate action plans but unfortunately that’s not the case.
Farmers Want to Create San Diego’s Carbon Dumps | MacKenzie Elmer | February 3, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoMost venture capital firms fund what they know, and unfortunately few understand the affordable housing community, which is largely minority with female heads of household.
VC investment in proptech can yield profits and change lives | Walter Thompson | January 27, 2021 | TechCrunchThe people they cast were of that age or close to it, and that’s unfortunately uncommon.
Now, unfortunately, her mother is gravely ill, and I know I will soon need to express my sympathy.
Miss Manners: Guest insists on going indoors — against host’s pandemic plans | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostIf you leave the kid just for a few minutes, they’re very vulnerable and they can unfortunately die.
How Much Do We Really Care About Children? (Ep. 447) | Stephen J. Dubner | January 14, 2021 | Freakonomics
unfortunately, this is more about protecting the legacy of a ‘great man.’
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers | Stereo Williams | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI wish I could be writing to you under better circumstances, but unfortunately those avenues have closed up.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen | Parker Molloy | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTunfortunately, the underground tunnels that were used to transport booze and, if necessary, escaping patrons, are off-limits.
unfortunately, the most confused Ebola alarmists had millions of followers: Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter.
unfortunately, that means suppressing fire or cutting down all the pretty uninfected trees can cause mistletoe outbreaks.
This was my sincere endeavor, in those many discourses I had with that monarch, although it unfortunately failed of success.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftMy memory is well stored, but unfortunately I have never kept a diary or commonplace book of any kind.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowTo drop on one knee and level his piece was the work of an instant, but unfortunately he snapped a dry twig in doing so.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. Ballantyneunfortunately Massna's record was not such as to inspire confidence in the purity of his intentions.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattisonunfortunately, I had studied so little at that time, that I don't feel as if I were competent to judge him.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy Fay
British Dictionary definitions for unfortunately
/ (ʌnˈfɔːtʃənɪtlɪ) /
(sentence modifier) it is regrettable that; unluckily
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