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misfortunate

misfortunately

Definitions of misfortunate
  1. adjective
    deserving or inciting pity
    synonyms: hapless, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
    unfortunate
    not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
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