Unfortunate: alternatives and connections

Cast down; low-lying.

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Cast down; low-lying.

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Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

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Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

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Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.

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Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.

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Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.

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Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.

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of Dispossess

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of Dispossess

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of Doom

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of Doom

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Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.

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Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.

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Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

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Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

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Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.

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Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.

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Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid.

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Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid.

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Destitute of a home.

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Destitute of a home.

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Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv.

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Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv.

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Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

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Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

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Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition;…

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Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition;…

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Very unhappy; wretched.

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Very unhappy; wretched.

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Producing misfortune.

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Producing misfortune.

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Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

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Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

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Pious; devout.

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Pious; devout.

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Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchednes…

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Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchednes…

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Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

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Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

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Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

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Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

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Having no roof; as, a roofless house.

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Having no roof; as, a roofless house.

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Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

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Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

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Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

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Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

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Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

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Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

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One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

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One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.

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One who, or that which, chokes.

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One who cries; one who makes proclamation.

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Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

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One who, or that which, grieves.

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Destitute of a home.

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A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.

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One who laments.

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One who languishes.

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One who loses.

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In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

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One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend.

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Cast out; degraded.

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One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sud…

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One who is confined in a prison.

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One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are suffer…

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One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing.

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A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.

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One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.

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Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.

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Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.

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Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

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Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

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Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.

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Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.

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Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.

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Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a…

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Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a…

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