unfortunately

English

Etymology

un- + fortunate + -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

unfortunately (comparative more unfortunately, superlative most unfortunately)

1. Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
   • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 1

     Unfortunately, the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard.

Synonyms

• (through bad luck): regrettably, unluckily, sadly, sad to say

Antonyms

• (through bad luck): fortunately, luckily

Translations

happening through bad luck

• Arabic: للأسف (ar) (li-l-'ásif)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不幸的 (cmn) (bùxìng de), 不巧 (cmn) (bùqiǎo), 可惜 (cmn) (kěxí)

• Czech: bohužel (cs)
• Danish: uheldigvis (da), desværre (da)
• Dutch: helaas, jammer genoeg
• Esperanto: bedaŭrinde (eo), malfeliĉe (eo)
• Estonian: kahjuks (et)
• Faroese: tíverri (fo)
• Finnish: valitettavasti (fi)
• French: malheureusement (fr), malencontreusement (fr)
• German: leider (de), unglücklicherweise (de)
• Hindi: दुर्भाग्यवश (hi) (durbhāgyavaś), दुर्भाग्य से (hi) (durbhāgya se)
• Hungarian: sajnos (hu)
• Icelandic: því miður (is)
• Ido: regretinde (io)
• 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:

  Sorani: به‌داخه‌وه‌

• Macedonian: за жал (mk) (za žal)
• 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)

• Slovak: bohužiaľ (sk)
• Slovene: na žalost (sl)
• Spanish: desafortunadamente (es), desgraciadamente (es), lamentablemente (es), por desgracia (es)
• Swedish: tyvärr (sv), dessvärre (sv)
• Turkish: ne yazık ki, maalesef (tr)
• Volapük: neläbo (vo)
• Zazaki: çı heyfo ki