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misfortune
Part of speech: NounAdversity; bad luck; a mishap.
Usage examples "misfortune":- " I call it the greatest possible misfortune. - "Their Silver Wedding Journey", William Dean Howells.
- I thought this a very great misfortune, as I wished to have settled on shore in some business or other. - "Old Jack", W.H.G. Kingston.
- The misfortune of this forest is that it has never been cut. - "The Village Rector", Honore de Balzac.