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Definition: MISFORTUNED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Unfortunate.[Websters]
2. Being troubled or worried. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being concerned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being disgraced. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being unfortunate or jinxed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being fated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being pained. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being deuced.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb misfortune.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(misfortune)
1. To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.[Websters].
2. Base verb from the following inflections: misfortuning, misfortuned, misfortunes, misfortuner, misfortuners, misfortuningly and misfortunedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Misfortuned" is a common misspelling or typo for: misfortune, misfortunes.

Date "Misfortuned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1469. (references)

Specialty Definition: MISFORTUNED

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Unfortunate. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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Definition: MISFORTUNED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Unfortunate.[Websters]
2. Being troubled or worried. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being concerned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being disgraced. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being unfortunate or jinxed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being fated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being pained. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being deuced.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb misfortune.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(misfortune)
1. To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.[Websters].
2. Base verb from the following inflections: misfortuning, misfortuned, misfortunes, misfortuner, misfortuners, misfortuningly and misfortunedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "MISFORTUNED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1469. (references)

Specialty Definition: MISFORTUNED

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Unfortunate. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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Common Expressions: misfortune

ExpressionsDefinition
The Misfortune Cookie (The Twilight Zone)The Misfortune Cookie is an episode of The Twilight Zone based on the story of the same name by Charles Fritch. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: misfortune

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Misfortune will never Leave Me till I Leave It,Literature"Misfortune will never Leave Me till I Leave It," was the expression of Charles VII., Emperor of Germany. (1742-1745.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Topics by Level of Interest: misfortune

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
The Misfortune Cookie8   Hammers of misfortune5
It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own6   It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own6
Hammers of misfortune5   Misfortune5
Misfortune5   The Misfortune Cookie8
The Wheel of Misfortune3   The Wheel of Misfortune3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).