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# unfortunately

«unfortunately» in Mova's school dictionary: **sad, bad or unlucky, or that it did not turn out well:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfortunately/#m1)

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unfortunately» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfortunately/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.