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unfortunate English
Meaning unfortunate meaning
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Topics unfortunate topics
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The witch laid a curse on the unfortunate little girl.
It was unfortunate that it rained yesterday.
It would be unfortunate if he were to fail.
This is unfortunate.
This is most unfortunate.
That's unfortunate.
Once there was an unfortunate forgetful guy named James who used to confuse Mary with Maria all the time. For that, Maria hated him with every fibre of her being.
That was unfortunate.
It was an unfortunate accident.
The quarrel had unfortunate consequences.
It is unfortunate that our mayor has brought fame and shame to Toronto.
There was an unfortunate incident at home.
Due to a number of unfortunate causes, one-parent families are on the increase.
What an unfortunate coincidence!
That was an unfortunate choice.
That would be very unfortunate.
It was an unfortunate mistake.
Can Tom make it? He can't? Well, that's unfortunate.
Movie subtitles
Yes, that was unfortunate.
It's been an unfortunate one.
Just as they are about to explore, an explosion throws the unfortunate men violently in all directions.
By order of Phoebes, snow is falling from all quarters, covering the ground with its white coat. The cold becomes unbearable. So the unfortunate voyagers wake up half-frozen.
As you were saying. rather unfortunate the way that poor man round the corner. uh. died last night.
Also rather unfortunate, that Scotland Yard, are at present looking for that man.
Oh, that's unfortunate i never get it.
A most unfortunate accident happened today on the Lagoon.
That's the unfortunate thing about death.
I DEEPLY REGRET THE UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR WITH HIS EXCELLENCY, BUT HIS ATTITUDE LEFT ME NO ALTERNATIVE.
This place was built on the ruins of that same Fort Marmorus that our unfortunate friend, the driver, described so vividly.
He is the unfortunate victim of one of the commoner phobias but in an extreme form.
I beg the court's pardon for this unfortunate delay.
Yes, there is a thief on board this ship, which is unfortunate because you know what hardship that means for honest men.
You had a chance to redeem your unfortunate life in the service of your country.
It's unfortunate you found it necessary to.
That emergency would be unfortunate for you all.
I regret the unfortunate affair with His Excellency, but his attitude left me no alternative.
It's unfortunate, but Waldow's an artist.
And why did you beat that unfortunate woman?
In short, was it not for unfortunate Circumstances, not unconnected with finance.
And how did these unfortunate gentlemen. contract this medieval unpleasantness?
Ain't it unfortunate?
I called on you seven years ago. to enlist the resources of Scotland Yard. for an unfortunate mortal afflicted with lycanthrophobia.
Most unfortunate.
Those poor, unfortunate souls.
It's unfortunate, but for my own comfort and peace, and certainly for yours, don't you think you might find some excuse not to come here any more?
What's unfortunate?
It is unfortunate you are no longer able to speak.
Miss Powers, we understand that one of the newspapers has offered you a sum of money for a story by you touching on this unfortunate affair.
That is unfortunate.
You're right, it's unfortunate.
You notice it turns purple. And exudes.. a most unfortunate odor.
She's an unfortunate woman.
But it is unfortunate anyway.
IT'S, UH, UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU MISSED HER.
And last, but, oh, my friends, by no means least, the figure we all had come to love,. the unfortunate, but enduring child of nature known as Huckleberry Finn.
News and current affairs
But it is an unfortunate mathematical fact that not everyone can gain market share.
This is unfortunate, as this exploration of new uses for nuclear weapons represents a revolutionary shift in US national security policy.
That is unfortunate, because Fox will not be around forever.
MEXICO CITY - These last few weeks have been unfortunate for Latin America.
This was also a novelty: torture does not appear as a breach of a common standard, unfortunate but justifiable.
This is unfortunate.
The lessons of this unfortunate incident seem to me to be clear: We should all acknowledge that in the modern world it is increasingly necessary for all sensible people to work for mutual respect, tolerance and better understanding.
That question is in the past, of course, but publicly demonstrating the eurozone's arrested convergence is bound to undermine confidence in the common currency further - and at a most unfortunate moment.
It is, of course, unfortunate that German banks and pension funds lent money to debt-laden countries such as Spain, Greece, and Portugal on overly favorable terms, inflating asset bubbles that eventually had to burst.
It may be unfortunate that Realpolitik is the order of the day, but it is, so others must learn to play the same game.
It would be unfortunate if the finance ministers merely sit around and beg Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet to rescue them with rate cuts.
The unfortunate result is an uneven playing field, with incentives for banks to relocate operations, whether geographically or in terms of legal entities.
An unfortunate analogy used in the Iraq affair poses America as the chef and others, notably Europe, as the cleanup staff.
This American resistance is unfortunate.
Gates, however, is due to step down from his post shortly, which is unfortunate, because the Obama administration's apparent lack of any explicit Asia strategy means that Gates's reassurances might not reassure for very long.
We have constructed it from unfortunate habits of thought about how to handle spiraling public debt.
And yet, with the unfortunate exception of the UK Independence Party, the question went mostly unaddressed during the campaign.
We have seen unfortunate examples of that repeatedly in the West in recent years, and there are no guarantees that China's newly installed leaders will avoid comparable pitfalls.
Unfortunate because the real lesson to be taken from this crisis is that the abnegation of certain free-market principles may in fact have led to the mess the US now finds itself in.
If that does not happen, next year's European elections may give rise to an unfortunate paradox.
This is unfortunate, because the theories of innovation may be subject to all the questions, conjectures, and answers that these disciplines have developed with respect to scientific knowledge.
That remark is true, and unfortunate.
That American troops are being withdrawn from Korea and sent to Iraq is both unfortunate and revealing.