as in sadly
by bad fortune or luck
Unfortunately, you've just missed her.
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Recent Examples of unfortunately
Pratt unfortunately lost his home in the Palisades.
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Rafael Perez, Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
That certainly was a private moment that unfortunately, was captured on film.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
But at this point, unfortunately, we’re used to it.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
The best ones, which unfortunately are almost impossible to find, are made with synthetic oils, and are not film formers like paint.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
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Rafael Perez, Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
That certainly was a private moment that unfortunately, was captured on film.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
But at this point, unfortunately, we’re used to it.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
The best ones, which unfortunately are almost impossible to find, are made with synthetic oils, and are not film formers like paint.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfortunately
Adverb
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That means some of the oddball stuff that had a moment toward the end of the Peak TV boom is falling away, sadly — no one’s greenlighting something as off kilter as The OA or Servant these days.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Feb. 2026
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Some rooms and terraces overlook the gothic Wrigley and Tribune Buildings (now, sadly, condos), and Millennium Park and the Art Institute of Chicago are a few blocks away.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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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 25 Feb. 2026.
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