misfortune, bad luck
(noun) unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
(noun) an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
misfortune (countable and uncountable, plural misfortunes)
(uncountable) bad luck
(countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
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Source: Wiktionary
Mis*for"tune, n.
Definition: 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.
Mis*for"tune, v. i.
Definition: To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail. [Obs.] Stow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 June 2025
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
