as in sadly
by bad fortune or luck
Unfortunately, you've just missed her.
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Recent Examples of unfortunately
The biggest commission of Parker’s career unfortunately was never built.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2025
Sponsored by the gig companies, Prop. 22 effectively exempted their drivers, but unfortunately not all gig workers, from the severe controls imposed by Assembly Bill 5, which had been passed in 2018 mainly as an attack on gig companies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
But unfortunately that is the religion for most people in a capitalist world.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Measuring stellar radii Kepler’s harmonic law, unfortunately, tells astronomers nothing about the radii of stars.
—Andrej Prša, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2025
Sponsored by the gig companies, Prop. 22 effectively exempted their drivers, but unfortunately not all gig workers, from the severe controls imposed by Assembly Bill 5, which had been passed in 2018 mainly as an attack on gig companies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
But unfortunately that is the religion for most people in a capitalist world.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Measuring stellar radii Kepler’s harmonic law, unfortunately, tells astronomers nothing about the radii of stars.
—Andrej Prša, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfortunately
sadly
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But sadly, the no-muss, no-fuss era of a single must-have national rail pass is over.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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But sadly, after many rescue attempts, BSC closed for good in 2024, unable to overcome the financial issues that had plagued the school for decades.—
Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Unfortunately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfortunately. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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