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misfortune (s) (noun), misfortunes (pl)
1. An unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from a bad event: It was a terrible misfortune when Brian's computer crashed just before he could save all of the contents he was working on.
2. A calamity; a mishap: Jason had the misfortune of having a flat tire just before he was about to set off on a cross-country trip.
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(Latin: damage, injury, loss, misfortune, disaster, disastrous, adversity)
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negative misfortune
This entry is located in the following unit: Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies (page 14)