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Adjective

Predisposed to having, or characterized by, bad luck

Bringing about ruin or misfortune, especially from bad luck

Regrettable or inappropriate for the situation, time, or place

Not privileged

Not polite or friendly

Displaying a lack of sensibleness or judgment

Clumsy or awkward in nature

(rare) An unlucky person who has fallen into bad circumstances

An unfortunate or unhappy person

Inept person

A generic label for a random person

The, usually unfortunate, way of the world

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Adjective

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Predisposed to having, or characterized by, bad luck

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

unfavorable^US

balked^US

baulked^UK

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“But, on the whole, I've been a saint to those poor, unfortunate souls.”

Adjective

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Bringing about ruin or misfortune, especially from bad luck

unfavorable^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

environmentally unfriendly

unsavory^US

meagre^UK

meager^US

demoralized^US

unsavoury^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

demoralised^UK

agonized^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

agonised^UK

ill-favored^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

gruelling^UK

paralysing^UK

grueling^US

paralyzing^US

colourful^UK

too horrible for words

strictly for the birds

colorful^US

stick out like sore thumb

hanging out

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“An unfortunate chain of events would destroy the nation's economy.”

Adjective

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Regrettable or inappropriate for the situation, time, or place

unfavorable^US

neither here nor there

nothing to do with it

beneath one's dignity

not worth worrying about

not at issue

not the issue

nothing to do with the case

unsavoury^UK

matter of indifference

a matter of indifference

grey^UK

gray^US

ill-favored^US

unsavory^US

contrary to the rules

labouring under a delusion

led up the garden path

labouring under a misapprehension

barking up wrong tree

off-beam

off target

barking up the wrong tree

like a fish out of water

out of character with

not fit

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“He made an unfortunate remark that was considered by many to be highly insensitive given the occasion.”

Adjective

Not privileged

unable to keep the wolf from the door

in reduced circumstances

without two brass farthings to rub together

without two pennies farthings to rub together

as poor as a church mouse

in straitened circumstances

broke

unable to make ends meet

without two pennies to rub together

cleaned out

stony broke

strapped for cash

without two farthings to rub together

economically deprived

financially disadvantaged

bankrupted

requiring help

economically disadvantaged

discriminated against

meager^US

meagre^UK

without a penny to your name

dispossessed

inadequately serviced

in distressed circumstances

poor as a church mouse

without a penny to one's name

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Adjective

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Not polite or friendly

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

ill-humored^US

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

smart-arsed^UK

smart-assed^US

libellous^UK

libelous^US

too big for your boots

too big for one's breeches

too big for one's boots

throwing one's weight around

throwing one's weight about

not backwards in coming forwards

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

libeling^US

libelling^UK

dishonoring^US

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Adjective

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Displaying a lack of sensibleness or judgment

dead from the neck up

as thick as two short planks

anencephalous

inopportune

worthless

not the full shilling

devoid of intelligence

with a mind like a sieve

off the top of one's head

unstable

muddle-headed

sheepheaded

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Clumsy or awkward in nature

all fingers and thumbs

unpolished

unwieldy

clownish

like a bull in a china shop

having two left hands

lacking in social graces

ill at ease

socially incompetent

socially inept

lacking in social grace

leaving much to be desired

not know one's arse from one's elbow

not up to

not equal to something

unable to do something for toffee

out to lunch

not cut out for

not have it

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Noun

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(rare) An unlucky person who has fallen into bad circumstances

“He was merely an unfortunate driven by fate to commit crimes.”

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An unfortunate or unhappy person

Noun

Inept person

Noun

A generic label for a random person

member of the human race

intelligent life-form

calibre^UK

caliber^US

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Noun

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The, usually unfortunate, way of the world

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