how to pronounce unfortunately
/ənˈfɔːɹtʃənətliː/
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unfortunately is pronounced in five syllables
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An example use of unfortunately in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… the day and unfortunately so many good …”
meanings of unfortunately
adverb:
- Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
- Used (as a parenthetical word) to express disappointment, compassion, sorrow, regret or grief.
unfortunately frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR
the word unfortunately occurs in english on average 87 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics unfortunately can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that unfortunately can be often used in the following areas:
1) people, society, and culture;
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