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# unfortunately

adverb

«unfortunately» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Used to say that something is sad, bad or unlucky, or that it did not turn out well: «Unfortunately, it started to rain.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfortunately/#m1)

### In the lessons

links bad news to what came before; in tales it warns that trouble is coming: «Unfortunately, the bridge was broken.»

### Examples

- Unfortunately, I left my lunch at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfortunately/#x1)
- We wanted to go swimming, but unfortunately the pool was closed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfortunately/#x2)
- Unfortunately the cake burned while we were playing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfortunately/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unfortunately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfortunately/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unfortunately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unfortunately.html) on Mova free.