Poor
Poor adjective - Deserving or inciting pity.
Usage example: his poor distorted limbs
Unfortunate is a synonym for poor. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Poor".
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.
Usage example: unfortunate investments
Poor is a synonym for unfortunate in unlucky topic. You can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Morgana refers to Ursula as "poor and unfortunate" a reference to Ursula's song in the first movie.
- Anyone wearing it is susceptible to turning into a wandering do-gooder, helping the poor and unfortunate as a 14th level cleric, whether they're a cleric or not.
Source: Artifact Domination -
There are similarly many stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio of poor, unfortunate scholars randomly ending up with hot fox spirits/ghosts/the spirit of a butterfly, etc.
Source: Divine Date
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