Fortunate and Lamentable

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Fortunate adjective - Coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly.

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Lamentable is an antonym for fortunate.

Nearby Words: fortune, fortunately

Lamentable adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.

Usage example: it's a lamentable situation, but I don't see how it can be fixed

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Fortunate is an antonym for lamentable in upsetting topic.

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