misfortunate Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
   poor; wretched; pathetic; pitiable; piteous; miserable; pitiful; hapless.
   
   • 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

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