Related Words for unfortunate

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unlucky
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Adjective
hapless
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Adjective, Adjective
regrettable
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Adjective, Adjective
miserable
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Adjective, Adjective
pitiful
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Adjective, Adjective
pitiable
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Adjective, Adjective
pathetic
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Adjective, Adjective
piteous
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Adjective, Adjective
poor
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Adjective, Adjective
wretched
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Adjective, Adjective
unhappy
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Adjective, Adjective
calamitous
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Adjective, Adjective
dispossessed
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Adjective, Adjective
doomed
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Adjective, Adjective
disastrous
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Adjective, Adjective
abject
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Adjective, Adjective
homeless
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Adjective, Adjective
fatal
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Adjective, Adjective
fateful
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Adjective, Adjective
inauspicious
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Adjective, Adjective
unpromising
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Adjective, Adjective
shipwrecked
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Adjective, Adjective
black
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Adjective, Adjective
castaway
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Adjective, Adjective
too bad
//
Phrase, Adjective
fortunate
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Adjective, Adjective
tragic
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Adjective
lamentable
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Adjective
unfortunately
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Adverb
appalling
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Adjective
terrible
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Adjective
horrible
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Adjective
shameful
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Adjective
unsurprising
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Adjective
unavoidable
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Adjective
dreadful
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Adjective
troubling
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Adjective
fortuitous
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Adjective
awful
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Adjective
ironic
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Adjective
frustrating
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Adjective
disappointing
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Adjective
inexcusable
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Adjective
deplorable
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Adjective
unpleasant
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Adjective
horrendous
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Adjective
disgraceful
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Adjective
irksome
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Adjective
horrific
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Adjective
misguided
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Adjective
inevitable
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Adjective
baffling
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Adjective
bizarre
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Adjective
problematic
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Adjective
noteworthy
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Adjective
horrid
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Adjective
embarrassing
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Adjective
peculiar
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Adjective
infuriating
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Adjective
surprising
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Adjective
obvious
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Adjective
horrifying
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Adjective
strange
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Adjective
misfortune
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Noun
shocking
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Adjective
sadly
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Adverb
troublesome
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Adjective
egregious
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Adjective
unforgivable
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Adjective
unusual
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Adjective
inconvenient
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Adjective
amusing
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Adjective
ghastly
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Adjective
inexplicable
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Adjective
maddening
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Adjective
ignominious
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Adjective
puzzling
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Adjective
worrisome
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Adjective
regretful
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Adjective
perplexing
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Adjective
atrocious
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Adjective
pity
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Noun
laudable
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Adjective
incongruous
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Adjective
grievous
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Adjective
ridiculous
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Adjective
unfair
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Adjective
laughable
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Adjective
painful
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Adjective
shame
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Noun
remarkable
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Adjective
notable
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Adjective
unseemly
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Adjective
unexpected
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Adjective
problematical
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Adjective
coincidental
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Adjective
devastating
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Adjective
dubious
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Adjective
disturbing
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Adjective
understandable
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Adjective
unacceptable
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Adjective
unsavory
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Adjective
annoying
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Adjective
avoidable
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Adjective
ironical
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Adjective
exasperating
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Adjective
disgusting
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Adjective
weird
/
Adjective
nasty
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Adjective
undesirable
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Adjective
absurd
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Adjective
doubtless
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Adverb
aggravating
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Adjective
idiotic
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Adjective
ludicrous
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Adjective
sorry
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Adjective
unwise
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Adjective
disheartening
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Adjective
ignoble
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Adjective
paradoxical
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Adjective
unintentional
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Adjective
questionable
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Adjective
outrageous
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Adjective
despicable
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Adjective
unforeseen
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Adjective
traumatic
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Adjective
shortsighted
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Adjective
abhorrent
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Adjective
woeful
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Adjective
odious
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Adjective
alarming
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Adjective
excusable
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Adjective
unbelievable
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Adjective
disagreeable
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Adjective
frightening
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Adjective
vexing
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Adjective
bummer
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Noun
fact
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Noun
lamented
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Verb
hideous
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Adjective
serendipitous
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Adjective
disadvantageous
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Adjective
farcical
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Adjective
mishap
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Noun
nefarious
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Adjective
ironically
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Adverb
imprudent
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Adjective
upsetting
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Verb
misunderstanding
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Noun
undignified
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Adjective
fortunately
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Adverb
irony
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Noun
luckless
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Adjective
bad off
//
Phrase, Adjective
forlorn
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Adjective
sour
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Adjective
unlikely
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Adjective
badly off
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
graceless
/x
Adjective
worst
/
Adjective
underprivileged
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Noun
waste
/
Noun
andre
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Name
misnomer
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Noun
byproduct
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Noun
succor
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Verb
succour
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Verb
accident
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Noun
wretches
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Noun
shouldering
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Verb
incident
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Noun
victim
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Noun
sufferer
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Noun
circumstance
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Noun
coincidence
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Noun
captive
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Noun
charles
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Name
omission
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Noun
lapse
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Noun
happening
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Noun
sequel
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Noun
consequence
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Noun
countrymen
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Noun
debtor
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Noun
consigned
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Verb
abysmal
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Adjective
adverse
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Adjective
afflicted
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Adjective
amputee
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Noun
auspicious
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Adjective
awkward
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
bitter
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
bleak
/
Adjective, Noun
boring
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Adjective, Noun
clumsy
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Adjective, Noun
crier
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Noun
cripple
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
damaging
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Adjective, Noun
depressing
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Adjective
desperate
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Adjective, Noun
detrimental
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Adjective, Noun
dire
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Adjective, Noun
disadvantaged
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Adjective
dismal
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Adjective
dissatisfied
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Adjective
distressing
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Adjective
dull
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
failed
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Adjective
failure
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Noun
gloomy
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Adjective, Noun
grim
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
happiest
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Adjective
harmful
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Adjective
hopeless
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Adjective
humiliated
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Adjective
improper
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Adjective, Verb
inappropriate
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Adjective
infatuated
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Adjective
inopportune
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Adjective
jinx
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Noun, Verb
job
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Noun, Verb
jonah
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Name
lame
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
loser
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Noun
lousy
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Adjective
lucky
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Adjective, Noun
moody
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Name, Adjective
mourner
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Noun
negative
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
objectionable
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Adjective
ominous
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Adjective
outcast
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
pariah
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Noun
penalty
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Noun
prisoner
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Noun
refusal
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Noun
regrettably
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Adverb
reprehensible
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Adjective, Noun
sinister
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Adjective
sorrowful
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Adjective
stricken
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Adjective
survivor
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Noun
tedious
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Adjective
tiresome
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Adjective
uncomfortable
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Adjective
unholy
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Adjective
unsatisfactory
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Adjective
unsuccessful
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Adjective
unsuitable
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Adjective
untimely
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Adjective, Adverb
untoward
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Adjective
unwelcome
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Adjective, Verb
worrying
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Adjective, Noun
worth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
wrong
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shirtless
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Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective