misfortune

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mis‧for‧tune /mɪsˈfɔːtʃən $ -ɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑fortune, ↑misfortune, ↑unfortunate; adverb: ↑fortunately ≠ ↑unfortunately; adjective: ↑fortunate ≠ ↑unfortunate]
very bad luck, or something that happens to you as a result of bad luck:
It seems the banks always profit from farmers’ misfortunes.
have the misfortune to do/of doing something
The French soldiers had the misfortune to be caught in the crossfire.
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COLLOCATIONS
verbs
▪ suffer misfortune You are not the only person to have suffered misfortune in your life.
▪ be dogged by misfortune (=have a lot of bad luck over a period of time) The project seemed dogged by misfortune.
adjectives
▪ a great misfortune Everything they owned was lost in the fire, which was a great misfortune.
▪ a terrible misfortune At that time, being thin was considered a terrible misfortune for women.
phrases
▪ have the misfortune to do something/of doing something Last year, he had the misfortune to be involved in a car crash.
▪ have ever had the misfortune to do/of doing (=used for emphasizing how bad something is) He was the most arrogant man I'd ever had the misfortune of meeting.

misfortunehu

◎	[mis'fɔ:t∫n]
※	danh từ
	■	sự rủi ro, sự bất hạnh
	■	điều không may, điều hoạ
	〆	misfortunes never come alone (singly)
		✓	hoạ vô đơn chí

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  good fortune, luckiness, good luck