Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfortunateness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-for-tu-nate-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being unfortunate; bad luck; mischance.

Uncountable

Etymology

From unfortunate + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: unfortunate

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

misfortune mishap adverseness adversity bad cess bad luck disadventure hard luck ill luck illfare misadventure mischance

Questions

What does unfortunateness mean?: The quality of being unfortunate; bad luck; mischance.
Where does unfortunateness come from?: From unfortunate + -ness.

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