unfortunates
USun-FOR-chuh-nits/ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪts/UKun-FAW-chuh-nuhts/ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nəts/
- 1Plural of unfortunate. Use it for more than one person who has suffered bad luck.
The shelter gave warm meals to the unfortunates who slept outside.
Many unfortunates lost their homes in the flood.
Note
unfortunates is a form of unfortunate
unfortunate, noun: A person who has very bad luck or has fallen on hard times. Full entry
- Forms
- unfortunateunfortunates plural
- Spelling
- unfortunate → unfortunates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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