Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Vain and unfortunate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vain" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Vain
Vain adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.
Unfortunate and vain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Vain".
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Both words in one sentence
- Betsy's tendency to take the Lord's name in vain is therefore unfortunate given her relationship with the vampire Sinclair.
Source: Answers to the Name of God - One unfortunate thief retains the memory of what was going to happen to him, but is no longer capable of understanding that it already happened, and continues to beg in vain for his life.
Source: And I Must Scream / Literature - After some events, however, they realize by Act VI chapter 52 that their efforts were in vain; Babylon had been targeting the monster world all along, and the humans were unfortunate enough to get caught in the crossfire.
Source: All for Nothing
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