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unfortunate person

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Noun1.unfortunate personunfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
abandoned person - someone for whom hope has been abandoned
amputee - someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
choker - an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation; "he could win if he wasn't a choker"
desperate - a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
homeless, homeless person - someone unfortunate without housing; "a homeless was found murdered in Central Park"
Job - any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
jinx, jonah - a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
languisher - a person who languishes
nonstarter, unsuccessful person, loser, failure - a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
maroon - a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
griever, lamenter, mourner, sorrower - a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
nympholept - a person seized by nympholepsy
castaway, outcast, pariah, Ishmael - a person who is rejected (from society or home)
have-not, poor person - a person with few or no possessions
captive, prisoner - a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
schlimazel, shlimazel - (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything
diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
subsister, survivor - one who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital"
victim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
crier, weeper - a person who weeps

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Such a person as this was certain to find a welcome at Mr Allworthy's table, to whom misfortunes were ever a recommendation, when they were derived from the folly or villany of others, and not of the unfortunate person himself.
In the cavernous eyes of this unfortunate person rigid obstinacy and rigid goodness looked out together, with equal severity, on all her fellow-creatures alike.
I wonder, Eliza, you should think of referring to that unfortunate person - you might know the mention of her would be anything but agreeable to any one here present.
 
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