as in sadly
by bad fortune or luck
Unfortunately, you've just missed her.
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Recent Examples of unfortunately
The right thing to do would be to end this paragraph with the 6,000 exoplanet discovery counterpart to 51 Pegasi b, but that's unfortunately not possible.
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Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The teams predicted to do well this year will likely not produce back-to-back poor games, while the teams that are expected to play poorly will unfortunately slip to 0-2.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
That is something that, unfortunately, a lot of people in the world can identify with.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
That said, this Cowboys team is — unfortunately for those who want to see Jerry Jones cosmically punished — nowhere near a pushover.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
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Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The teams predicted to do well this year will likely not produce back-to-back poor games, while the teams that are expected to play poorly will unfortunately slip to 0-2.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
That is something that, unfortunately, a lot of people in the world can identify with.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
That said, this Cowboys team is — unfortunately for those who want to see Jerry Jones cosmically punished — nowhere near a pushover.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfortunately
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In the Western Conference, sadly, a Joker alone won’t be enough to win the pot.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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That is sadly the position Princess Beatrice finds herself in after the recent scandals her mother, Sarah Ferguson, and her father, Prince Andrew, have been embroiled in.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
29 Sep. 2025
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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 6 Oct. 2025.
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