Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Unfortunate and difficult are semantically related. in inconvenient topic. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Difficult and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficult" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The unfortunate thing about this film is that it is very difficult to find, due to it usually only being uploaded in anacronic parts, and the videos being taken down several times.
Source: So Bad Its Good / Fanfic -
Instead your character turns red and is pushed back when taking a hit, so falling into a crowd of enemies sometimes can have unfortunate consequences... Nintendo Hard: These games are notoriously difficult, with Super Empire frequently making Top Ten Lists of the most difficult games ever.
Source: Video Game / Super Star Wars - The Empire: Lots of powerful people want to have this, which makes life difficult for unfortunate merchants.
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