HOW TO PRONOUNCE
unfortunately
/ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
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What does unfortunately mean?
adverb
- Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
- Used (as a parenthetical word, often a sentence adverb) to express disappointment, compassion, sorrow, regret, or grief.
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IPA pronunciation
/ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
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Venus procures of Neptune a safe voyage for him and all his men, excepting only his pilot Palinurus, who was unfortunately lost.
If, unfortunately, the fly has got caught in the net, the spider can come forth and talk business upon its own terms.
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If you aren't interested in everything of the sort that there unfortunately is in this world, how can you make wise laws?
He therefore inserted a needle which unfortunately pierced the synovial sac causing inflammation which finally resulted in complete destruction of the joint.
It had been tried in many ways, but, unfortunately for the inventor, he could get no pilot to trust himself to it.