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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Misfortune \Mis*for"tune\, n.
Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster;
mishap; mischance.
Consider why the change was wrought, You 'll find his
misfortune, not his fault. --Addison.
Syn: Calamity; mishap; mischance; misadventure; ill; harm;
disaster. See {Calamity}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Misfortune \Mis*for"tune\, v. i.
To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail
[Obs.] --Stow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
misfortune
n 1: unnecessary and unforeseen trouble [syn: {bad luck}]
2: an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
[syn: {bad luck}, {ill luck}] [ant: {good fortune}, {good
fortune}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
MISFORTUNE, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
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