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misfortune

 noun
     
mis‧for‧tune [uncountable and countable]
very bad luck, or something that happens to you as a result of bad luck:
It seems the banks always profit from farmers' misfortunes.
have the misfortune to do/of doing something
The French soldiers had the misfortune to be caught in the crossfire.
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