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misfortuned

misfortuned adjective: unlucky, unfortunate.

Adjective

misfortuned (comparative more misfortuned, superlative most misfortuned)

  1. (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate
    • Nor spared his life, but cut the bonds that knit his life in tway, / And clave with hilted sword the neck of that misfortuned wight.1866, John Stuart Blackie, Homer and the Iliad

Forms of misfortuned

comparativemore misfortuned
superlativemost misfortuned

Origin of misfortuned

From misfortune + -ed.

Questions about misfortuned

What does misfortuned mean?
Misfortuned means unlucky, unfortunate.
What part of speech is misfortuned?
Misfortuned is an adjective.

Words near misfortuned in the dictionary

  1. misformulation
  2. misformulations
  3. misfortunate
  4. misfortunately
  5. misfortune
  6. misfortuned
  7. misfortunes
  8. misfortunes never come alone
  9. misfortunes never come singly
  10. misforward
  11. misforwarded

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