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Misfortunate

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Mis`for´tu`nate
a.1.Producing misfortune.
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Adj.1.misfortunate - 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"
pathetic, piteous, hapless, poor, miserable, pitiable, pitiful, wretched
unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"


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Then up spake the high cellarer, "Methinks it is a shame to so drive a misfortunate knight to the ditch.
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