Misfortune
noun
Bad luck or an unlucky event.
He had the misfortune of losing his job.
Often appears as...
- to meet with misfortune
- stroke of misfortune
noun
A situation, event, or condition that is unfortunate or adverse.
The accident was a terrible misfortune.
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- to experience misfortune
- the misfortune of others
noun
A state of distress, need, or want.
Nobody can escape the inevitable misfortunes that life brings.
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- endure misfortune
- to bear a misfortune
noun
Bad luck or an unlucky event.
He had the misfortune of losing his job.
Often appears as...
- to meet with misfortune
- stroke of misfortune
noun
A situation, event, or condition that is unfortunate or adverse.
The accident was a terrible misfortune.
Often appears as...
- to experience misfortune
- the misfortune of others
noun
A state of distress, need, or want.
Nobody can escape the inevitable misfortunes that life brings.
Often appears as...
- endure misfortune
- to bear a misfortune
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Pro Tip 1/3Event Specific
Often refers to a particular unlucky event, not just general bad luck.
After the vase broke, he considered it a misfortune in an otherwise good day.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
Can describe minor unlucky events, not just serious misfortunes.
I ran into the misfortune of missing my bus this morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Tone
When talking about someone else's misfortune, it can sound detached or formal.
During the meeting, he briefly mentioned the misfortune of our competitors.
Pro Tip 1/3Event Specific
Often refers to a particular unlucky event, not just general bad luck.
After the vase broke, he considered it a misfortune in an otherwise good day.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
Can describe minor unlucky events, not just serious misfortunes.
I ran into the misfortune of missing my bus this morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Tone
When talking about someone else's misfortune, it can sound detached or formal.
During the meeting, he briefly mentioned the misfortune of our competitors.
Pro Tip 1/3Event Specific
Often refers to a particular unlucky event, not just general bad luck.
After the vase broke, he considered it a misfortune in an otherwise good day.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
Can describe minor unlucky events, not just serious misfortunes.
I ran into the misfortune of missing my bus this morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Tone
When talking about someone else's misfortune, it can sound detached or formal.
During the meeting, he briefly mentioned the misfortune of our competitors.
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Steven Pinker and...
of this dreadful calamity. He would, I imagine, first of all express very strongly his sorrow for the misfortune of that unhappy people. He would make many melancholy reflections upon the precariousness of human life, and when all these humane sentiments had been once fairly expressed, he would pursue his business or his pleasure
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Why is this painting so...
The King himself had also suffered misfortune, losing both his first wife and his only heir to the throne before remarrying. But the painting obscures their struggle to provide food for their household. Even the monarch's advanced age is concealed through the blurring of the mirror.
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The Chinese zodiac,...
By revealing your zodiac sign, you are also being evaluated. Judgments are being made about your fortune or misfortune, your personality, career prospects and how you will do in a given year. If you share you and your partner's animal signs,
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John Hockenberry: We are...
My life, at the mercy of good design and bad design. Think about it. Now, in design terms, a wheelchair is a very difficult object. It mostly projects tragedy and fear and misfortune, and it projects that message, that story, so strongly
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How the worst moments in...
but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. We could have been ourselves without our delights, but not without the misfortunes that drive our search for meaning.
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Want to be happy? Be...
and they are not happy, because they want something else or they want more of the same. And we all know people who have lots of misfortune, misfortune that we ourselves would not want to have, and they are deeply happy.
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Why should you read "One...
The novel chronicles the fortunes and misfortunes of the Buendía family over seven generations. With its lush, detailed sentences, large cast of characters, and tangled narrative,
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Can You Hear the Reggae...
i think that's it when a people have suffered they develop a taste for the misfortune and it is that quote that drives the world well ready i'd love to end on a hopeful note
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How a "Hi Level" Mindset...
These misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler." I used this as fuel to the fire, motivation, if you will.
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The African Swamp...
whose job is to protect them from all misfortune. There is another swamp that protects us from misfortune.
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Steven Pinker and...
of this dreadful calamity. He would, I imagine, first of all express very strongly his sorrow for the misfortune of that unhappy people. He would make many melancholy reflections upon the precariousness of human life, and when all these humane sentiments had been once fairly expressed, he would pursue his business or his pleasure
Video examples
Why is this painting so...
The King himself had also suffered misfortune, losing both his first wife and his only heir to the throne before remarrying. But the painting obscures their struggle to provide food for their household. Even the monarch's advanced age is concealed through the blurring of the mirror.
Video examples
The Chinese zodiac,...
By revealing your zodiac sign, you are also being evaluated. Judgments are being made about your fortune or misfortune, your personality, career prospects and how you will do in a given year. If you share you and your partner's animal signs,
Video examples
John Hockenberry: We are...
My life, at the mercy of good design and bad design. Think about it. Now, in design terms, a wheelchair is a very difficult object. It mostly projects tragedy and fear and misfortune, and it projects that message, that story, so strongly
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. We could have been ourselves without our delights, but not without the misfortunes that drive our search for meaning.
Video examples
Want to be happy? Be...
and they are not happy, because they want something else or they want more of the same. And we all know people who have lots of misfortune, misfortune that we ourselves would not want to have, and they are deeply happy.
Video examples
Why should you read "One...
The novel chronicles the fortunes and misfortunes of the Buendía family over seven generations. With its lush, detailed sentences, large cast of characters, and tangled narrative,
Video examples
Can You Hear the Reggae...
i think that's it when a people have suffered they develop a taste for the misfortune and it is that quote that drives the world well ready i'd love to end on a hopeful note
Video examples
How a "Hi Level" Mindset...
These misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler." I used this as fuel to the fire, motivation, if you will.
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The African Swamp...
whose job is to protect them from all misfortune. There is another swamp that protects us from misfortune.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?
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Voltaire
French Writer
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Herodotus
Greek Historian
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
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Aesop
Greek Author
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?
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Voltaire
French Writer
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Herodotus
Greek Historian
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
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Aesop
Greek Author
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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