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infortunate

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Adj — Unlucky; having bad fortune.

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Etymology

The adjective is first attested around 1390 in Middle English, and the verb in 1570; it was inherited from Middle English infortunat(e), borrowed from Latin infortūnātus (see -ate, etymologies 1, 2 and 3). It is a doublet of unfortunate.

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