# infortunate

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Unfortunate, unlucky.
2. (of a star, planet, etc.) Bringing bad luck, causing misfortune, malevolent.
3. Ominous, inauspicious.

## Etymology
The adjective is first attested circa 1390, in Middle English, the verb in 1570; inherited from Middle English infortunat(e), borrowed from Latin infortūnātus, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of unfortunate.

## Source
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