Unfortunately

English

Adverb

unfortunately

1. Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.

Synonyms

• unluckily
• regrettably

Antonyms

• fortunately
• luckily

Thesaurus

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

Etymology

un- + fortunate + -ly

Pronunciation

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Translations

happening through bad luck

Arabic: للأسف (ar) (li-l-'ásif) Chinese: Mandarin: 不幸的 (zh) (bùxìng de), 不巧 (zh) (bùqiǎo), 可惜 (zh) (kěxí) Danish: uheldigvis (da), desværre (da) Dutch: helaas, jammer genoeg Esperanto: bedaŭrinde (eo) Finnish: valitettavasti (fi) French: malheureusement (fr), malencontreusement (fr) German: leider (de), unglücklicherweise (de) Hindi: दुर्भाग्यवश (hi) (durbhāgyavaś), दुर्भाग्य से (hi) (durbhāgya se) Icelandic: því miður (is) Italian: sfortunatamente (it), purtroppo (it), malauguratamente (it) Japanese: 生憎 (ja) (あいにく, ainiku) , 残念ながら (ja) (ざんねんながら, zannen-nagara) Kurdish: به‌داخه‌وه‌

Macedonian: нажалост (mk) (nážalost) Norwegian: uheldigvis, dessverre Persian: متاسفانه (fa) (mota'assefâne), بدبختانه (fa) (badbaxtâne) Polish: niestety (pl) Portuguese: infelizmente (pt) Russian: к сожалению (ru) (k sožaléniju), к несчастью (ru) (k nesčást’ju) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: нажалост (sh) Roman: nažalost (sh) Slovene: na žalost (sl) Spanish: desafortunadamente (es), desgraciadamente (es) Swedish: tyvärr (sv), dessvärre (sv) Turkish: ne yazık ki, maalesef (tr) Volapük: neläbo (vo) Zazaki: çı heyfo ki