unfortunate

Example Sentences

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He added that ''it is unfortunate that many of you, despite having access to smartphones and the internet, still choose to remain ignorant''.

From BBC

“We are tired of being asked to treat proximity to something horrific as an unfortunate situation we should simply move past — especially when the person involved still holds all the power.”

From Los Angeles Times

That was unfortunate, since at that moment three more cats came running into the room.

From Literature

A series of unfortunate events ultimately lead to her permanent cloister, a tiny cell built into the wall of a cathedral.

From Los Angeles Times

For Dr Vusumusi Sibanda, a human rights lawyer and expert on African diaspora issues, such words are "unfortunate" and "worrying" and encourage ordinary citizens to take the law into their own hands.

From BBC