From mis- + fortune.
misfortune (countable and uncountable, plural misfortunes)
- (uncountable) Bad luck.
The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
2012 July 15, Richard Williams, “Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track”, in in Guardian Unlimited[1]:Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.
1876, Ulysses S. Grant, Annual Message:It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
- (countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.
1839, Charles Robert Darwin, “Chapter X”, in The Voyage of the Beagle:The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune, happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!
bad luck
- Arabic: بَلاء (balāʔ), سُوءُ الحَظّ (sūʔu l-ḥaẓẓ)
- Belarusian: няшча́сце n (njaščáscje), го́ра (be) n (hóra), лі́ха n (líxa), бяда́ (be) f (bjadá)
- Bulgarian: неща́стие (bg) n (neštástie), неуда́ча (bg) f (neudáča)
- Catalan: desgràcia (ca) f, mala sort f
- Cherokee: ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏓᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ (uyo iyudalisdanedi)
- Chichewa: tsoka
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 壞運氣/坏运气 (huài yùnqì), 不幸 (zh) (bùxìng)
- Czech: smůla (cs) f, pech (cs) m (colloquial), neštěstí (cs) n
- Danish: ulykke (da) c
- Dutch: ongeluk (nl) n, pech (nl) m
- Estonian: ebaõnn
- Finnish: epäonni (fi)
- French: malchance (fr) f
- Georgian: ფათერაკი (ka) (pateraḳi), უბედურება (ubedureba), მარცხი (marcxi)
- German: Pech (de) n, Ungemach (de) n
- Greek: δυστυχία (el) (dystychía)
- Ancient: δυστυχία (dustukhía)
- Hindi: दुर्भाग्य (hi) m (durbhāgya)
- Hungarian: balszerencse (hu)
- Indonesian: kesialan (id)
- Irish: amarrán m, mí-ádh m, drochrath m, mífhortún m
- Old Irish: dodcad m
- Italian: malasorte (it)
- Japanese: 不運 (ja) (ふうん, fuun)
- Korean: 불운(不運) (ko) (burun), 불행(不幸) (ko) (bulhaeng)
- Latin: adversa n pl, infortūnium n
- Latvian: nelaime f, neveiksme f
- Lithuanian: nelaimė f
- Macedonian: несреќа f (nesreḱa)
- Malayalam: നിർഭാഗ്യം (niṟbhāgyaṁ)
- Maori: kōtua, kōtuatanga, aituā
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ulykke (no) m or f
- Occitan: malastre (oc), malparat (oc), desfortuna (oc) f
- Persian: بَدشانسی (fa) (badšânsi), بَدبَختی (fa) (badbaxti)
- Plautdietsch: Onjlekj n
- Polish: pech (pl) m, nieszczęście (pl) n
- Portuguese: azar (pt), má sorte f
- Romanian: ghinion (ro) n, neșansă (ro) f
- Russian: неуда́ча (ru) f (neudáča), несча́стье (ru) n (nesčástʹje), го́ре (ru) n (góre), беда́ (ru) f (bedá)
- Scottish Gaelic: mì-àdh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: нѐсрећа f
- Roman: nèsreća f
- Slovak: smola (sk) f, nešťastie n
- Slovene: smóla (sl) f, nesreča (sl) f
- Spanish: infortunio (es) m, gafe (es) m, mala suerte f
- Swedish: olycka (sv) c
- Tajik: бадбахтӣ (tg) (badbaxtī)
- Telugu: దురదృష్టము (te) (duradr̥ṣṭamu)
- Ukrainian: неща́стя (uk) n (neščástja), го́ре n (hóre), біда́ (uk) f (bidá), невда́ча f (nevdáča), ли́хо (uk) n (lýxo)
- Volapük: mifät (vo)
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an undesirable event such as an accident
- Albanian: fatkeqësi (sq) f
- Arabic: مُصِيبَة f (muṣība), شَقْوَة f (šaqwa)
- Belarusian: няшча́сце n (njaščáscje), бяда́ (be) f (bjadá)
- Bulgarian: неща́стие (bg) n (neštástie)
- Catalan: infortuni m, desgràcia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 不幸 (zh) (bùxìng), 禍/祸 (zh) (huò)
- Danish: ulykke (da) c
- Dutch: tegenslag (nl) m
- Finnish: onnettomuus (fi)
- French: mésaventure (fr) f, malheur (fr) m
- German: Unglück (de) n, Unfall (de) m, Unheil (de) n, Mißgeschick (de) n
- Greek:
- Ancient: συμφορά f (sumphorá), δυστύχημα n (dustúkhēma)
- Hungarian: csapás (hu), szerencsétlenség (hu)
- Irish: amaróid f, anachain (ga) f, tubaiste (ga) m
- Italian: disgrazia (it) f
- Japanese: 不幸 (ja) (ふこう, fukō), 災い (ja) (わざわい, wazawai)
- Korean: 불운(不運) (ko) (burun), 불행(不幸) (ko) (bulhaeng)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: لێقەومان (lêqewman)
- Latin: calamitas f, clades f, aerumma f, adversa n pl
- Latvian: bēda f
- Malayalam: അനർത്ഥം (ml) (anaṟtthaṁ)
- Maori: maiki, maikiroa
- Ngazidja Comorian: ɓaya class 5/6
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ulykke (no) m or f
- Occitan: malparada, malabosena, malastrada
- Portuguese: desgraça (pt) f, infortúnio (pt) m, adversidade (pt) f
- Romanian: pățeală (ro) f, pățanie (ro) f, nenorocire (ro) f
- Russian: несча́стье (ru) n (nesčástʹje), беда́ (ru) f (bedá)
- Spanish: desgracia (es) f, infortunio (es) m, desventura (es) f, adversidad (es) f
- Swedish: olycka (sv) c
- Ukrainian: неща́стя (uk) n (neščástja), біда́ (uk) f (bidá)
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