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Recent Examples of unluckily
Most of the damage wiped out four watertight compartments, into which 16,000 tons of water gushed, but unluckily the ice pierced two other compartments.
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Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
But unluckily, the hatch was open—so the vessel sank 5,000 feet to the ocean floor.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025
These include his eldest, Frederick (Henry Thomas), a Kendall Roy type and father to the only Usher grandchild, unluckily named Lenore.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
Luckily for him, and unluckily for the cast and crew, real zombies arrive.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
Former college friends Margaret Bellefuil, Jean Albrecht, and Jodi Campbell reunited for a two-day trip to St. Helena that unluckily coincided with the shut-off.
—Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 10 Oct. 2019
In Melbourne Nishikori contested three five-setters, then unluckily drew tournament king Djokovic.
—Ravi Ubha, CNN, 9 July 2019
And unluckily for Thiem, Nadal is playing his best tennis of the current clay swing.
—Ravi Ubha, CNN, 8 June 2019
But unluckily for Michiganders, they're known to travel to states outside of their normal regions.
—Caroline Blackmon, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2018
Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
But unluckily, the hatch was open—so the vessel sank 5,000 feet to the ocean floor.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025
These include his eldest, Frederick (Henry Thomas), a Kendall Roy type and father to the only Usher grandchild, unluckily named Lenore.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
Luckily for him, and unluckily for the cast and crew, real zombies arrive.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
Former college friends Margaret Bellefuil, Jean Albrecht, and Jodi Campbell reunited for a two-day trip to St. Helena that unluckily coincided with the shut-off.
—Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 10 Oct. 2019
In Melbourne Nishikori contested three five-setters, then unluckily drew tournament king Djokovic.
—Ravi Ubha, CNN, 9 July 2019
And unluckily for Thiem, Nadal is playing his best tennis of the current clay swing.
—Ravi Ubha, CNN, 8 June 2019
But unluckily for Michiganders, they're known to travel to states outside of their normal regions.
—Caroline Blackmon, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unluckily
Adverb
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Germany, at the time [in 2019,] wasn't fully ready for this drag show, so unfortunately after one season that kind of stopped.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
29 July 2025
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But, the spectacle unfortunately won't be visible in the U.S. When is the next solar eclipse?—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
Adverb
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But sadly, neither of the adoptions in recent years in either Madison or Michigan survived for long, the Smithsonian report says.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
31 July 2025
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One of the biggest of these is a sadly inescapable one: What if Chadwick Boseman hadn’t died?—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2025
Adverb
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Some lived unhappily at the club, unable to maximise their talent or contribute to success.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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These checks on presidential powers have not only been heeded by the men in power, however unhappily, but have become part of case law.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2025
Adverb
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In medieval Europe through to the eighteenth century, people saw it as separate from the body—a substance extruded like, regrettably, excrement.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Then there’s the Watch 8 Classic ($500), which brings back the physical rotating bezel that was regrettably missing from last year’s watch models.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Unluckily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unluckily. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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