as in sadly
by bad fortune or luck
Unfortunately, you've just missed her.
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Recent Examples of unfortunately
Speculative stocks have unfortunately had young investors in a chokehold as of late, according to Jim Cramer.
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Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
And so, unfortunately, people are upset about the comments.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Results ought to matter far more than talk and the results unfortunately speak for themselves.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett put together one of the greatest individual performances in recent memory that was unfortunately overshadowed by his team's lackluster performance on the offensive side of the ball.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
And so, unfortunately, people are upset about the comments.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Results ought to matter far more than talk and the results unfortunately speak for themselves.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett put together one of the greatest individual performances in recent memory that was unfortunately overshadowed by his team's lackluster performance on the offensive side of the ball.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfortunately
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Victoria won three Grammys at the 2024 awards ceremony — Best New Artist, Best R&B Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical — but sadly, the category Hazel was in didn't earn the mother-daughter duo a golden gramophone.—
Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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The urge to brand those of opposing views as evil and out to destroy the country are too great to resist, sadly.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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Their answer to having to tolerate difference is whatever means are necessary to stop liberalization, and lamentably, our Bill of Rights and governmental checks on the executive mean that taking a jack hammer to our nation’s foundation is a necessary means to a repugnant end.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Unfortunately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfortunately. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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