Misfortune

misfortune
    n 1: unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an
         unfortunate event [syn: {misfortune}, {bad luck}]
    2: an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
       [syn: {misfortune}, {bad luck}, {tough luck}, {ill luck}]
       [ant: {good fortune}, {good luck}, {luckiness}]
    

Misfortune \Mis*for"tune\, n.
   Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster;
   mishap; mischance.
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         Consider why the change was wrought,
         You 'll find his misfortune, not his fault. --Addison.
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   Syn: Calamity; mishap; mischance; misadventure; ill; harm;
        disaster. See {Calamity}.
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Misfortune \Mis*for"tune\, v. i.
   To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.
   [Obs.] --Stow.
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MISFORTUNE, n.  The kind of fortune that never misses.
    

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "misfortune":
      accident, adversity, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty,
      cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack-up, crash,
      cross, disaster, dole, grief, hard luck, ill fortune, ill hap,
      ill luck, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, mishap,
      nasty blow, pileup, reverse, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup,
      staggering blow, tragedy, trial, tribulation, visitation, wreck