Unfortunate \Un*for"tu*nate\, a. Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. -- n. An unfortunate person. --Hood. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "unfortunately": by ill hap, by ill luck, impolitically, impoliticly, in adverse circumstances, inadvisably, inappropriately, inaptly, inauspiciously, incongruously, inconveniently, ineptly, inexpediently, infelicitously, inopportunely, sadly, undesirably, unfavorably, unfittingly, unhappily, unluckily, unpromisingly, unpropitiously, unprovidentially, unseasonably, unsuitably