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Unfortunate is when it rains on a day you wanted to have a picnic, or when your morning English muffin has mold on it.
Fimian's cluelessness on D.C. voting rights Martin Austermuhle 2010
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Unfortunate is that these farts from RIAA, News Corp and other kartels are now associated with old generation in general.
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Unfortunate is when you click the wrong link on a page and end up on a thumbnail ad page for a porn site.
Friday Pix archmage 2007
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Is the word Unfortunate too "light" of a word to describe the Holocaust? en Español
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Boabdil, most truly called the Unfortunate, held a diminished and feeble court in the maritime city of Almeria.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Washington Irving 1821
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To one place they gave the name of Perilous bay, and called another Unfortunate bay, in remembrance of their distresses, to all of which the devil added mutiny among their people and thieving.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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* what can only be described as the Unfortunate Incident of the Apple Juice in the Nighttime, which has rendered my space bar completely inoperable;
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* what can only be described as the Unfortunate Incident of the Apple Juice in the Nighttime, which has rendered my space bar completely inoperable;
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"Unfortunate" was by far the nicest way he could have put it.
Hillary Hits Critics For Taking Her RFK Assassination Remarks "Out Of Context" 2009
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'Unfortunate' is the appropriate word here, because efforts needed to control the irresponsible actions by individuals who drink and drive potentially infringe on my rights and freedoms.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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