misfortune
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tʃən noun
1.
adverse fortune; bad luck.
2.
an instance of this; mischance; mishap.
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| —n | |
| 1. | evil fortune; bad luck |
| 2. | an unfortunate or disastrous event; calamity |
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Misfortune
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Example sentences
Some or all of the food purchased with those benefits was destroyed due to a household misfortune or natural disaster.
As a result they endured even traumatic misfortune without seeking professional help.
The sad human characteristic this article identifies is our penchant to profit from misfortune.
Being underestimated is, for some people, a misfortune.
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