unfortunate

adjective

1. suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
2. unfavorable or inauspicious: an unfortunate beginning.
3. regrettable or deplorable: an unfortunate remark.
4. marked by or inviting misfortune: an unfortunate development.
5. lamentable; sad: the unfortunate death of her parents.

noun

6. an unfortunate person.

adjective

1. causing or attended by misfortune
2. unlucky, unsuccessful, or unhappyan unfortunate character
3. regrettable or unsuitablean unfortunate speech

noun

4. an unlucky person

adj.1520s, “unlucky,” from un- (1) “not” + fortunate. Infortunate in same sense is from late 14c. (along with a verb infortune “to render unhappy,” and a noun meaning “bad luck). In late 18c.-early 19c., unfortunate woman was a polite way to say “prostitute.” The noun meaning “one who is not fortunate” is recorded from 1630s.