Misfortune and Opportunity

Opposite meaning words

Misfortune noun - Bad luck or an example of this.

Usage example: our misfortunes of the last year included the loss of a beloved pet

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Opportunity is an antonym for misfortune.

Opportunity noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

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Misfortune is an antonym for opportunity in lucky chance topic.

good	good misfortune	good opportunity
plentiful	plentiful misfortune	plentiful opportunity
small	small misfortune	small opportunity
actual	actual misfortune	actual opportunity
Other adjectives: big, great, new, early, incredible, possible, conceivable, further, tremendous, greater, said.

Any opportunity to turn someone else's misfortune into a quick buck should be grabbed and made the most of.

Source: Shame If Something Happened
Constantly Volleying Insults (DS calls Gara "Gorilla" and Gara never misses an opportunity to laugh at the wizard's misfortune especially if it involves Yoko) yet DS thinks of Gara as his little brother and Gara is willing to give his life for DS.

Source: Manga / Bastard
Everyone gets fitted with a cortical stack at birth and they're pretty difficult to destroy, so barring severe misfortune or deliberate attack there's the opportunity to live more or less indefinitely.

Source: Literature / Takeshi Kovacs

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