Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Vile and unfortunate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vile" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Vile
Vile adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Unfortunate and vile are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Vile".
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Both words in one sentence
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There have been... Unfortunate events in the past where witnesses relate racist and sexist sentiments... These vile words were spoken by malfunctioning Doombots.
Source: Self Demonstrating / Doctor Doom -
Bawdy Song: In The Face, about the unfortunate adventures of a Darsh man who runs afoul of a "vile old khoontz."She seized my draps and dangles, she toyed with my emotion; She rubbed my private enterprise with scrofuletic lotion.
Source: Literature / The Demon Princes - In A Series of Unfortunate Events, when the Baudelaires are in jail for allegedly killing Jacques in The Vile Village, Klaus suddenly remembers that it's his 13th birthday.
Source: A Birthday, Not a Break
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