{
    "term": "unfortunate",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having bad luck; caused by bad luck",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was unfortunate to lose in the final round."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was an unfortunate accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The unfortunate animal was locked inside the house for a week."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "unlucky",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "consider somebody/​something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "if you say that a situation is unfortunate, you wish that it had not happened or that it had been different",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She described the decision as ‘unfortunate’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was unfortunate that he couldn't speak English."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're putting me in a **most unfortunate** position."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "consider somebody/​something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "embarrassing and/or offensive",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was an unfortunate choice of words."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "consider somebody/​something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʌnˈfɔːtʃənət/",
                "audio": "un/unfortunate/unfortunate__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʌnˈfɔːrtʃənət/",
                "audio": "un/unfortunate/unfortunate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}