as in sadly
by bad fortune or luck
Unfortunately, you've just missed her.
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The same unfortunately cannot be said for Grosse Pointe Garden Society as a whole.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2025
In cities and towns across Ukraine, the populace has unfortunately grown accustomed to a new normal daily routine of air raid alarms, bomb shelters and power outages, all accompanied by flying missiles, drone strikes and painfully harrowing news of the latest Russian atrocities.
—Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
And outside of a few states like Alaska and the Dakotas that have industries that typically lean more male-centric, most states are seeing men who are starting major life milestones later and unfortunately not saving in anticipation of them.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
As of Monday morning, after an unfortunately characteristic several days of posting wildly offensive stuff, the rapper’s account was listed as deactivated.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2025
In cities and towns across Ukraine, the populace has unfortunately grown accustomed to a new normal daily routine of air raid alarms, bomb shelters and power outages, all accompanied by flying missiles, drone strikes and painfully harrowing news of the latest Russian atrocities.
—Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
And outside of a few states like Alaska and the Dakotas that have industries that typically lean more male-centric, most states are seeing men who are starting major life milestones later and unfortunately not saving in anticipation of them.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
As of Monday morning, after an unfortunately characteristic several days of posting wildly offensive stuff, the rapper’s account was listed as deactivated.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Unfortunately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfortunately. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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