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It can be used to express regret or disappointment about a situation or fact. Example: "The results of the experiment are unfortunately not what we expected."
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are unfortunately
adverb
Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
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Such precautions are unfortunately necessary.
The chances are, unfortunately, bleak.
There are, unfortunately, two constraints.
Those easy solutions are unfortunately rare.
My reading habits are unfortunately hyperactive.
(The cheapies -- $250 -- are unfortunately sold out).
Tickets are unfortunately all sold out.
Examples of the opposite are, unfortunately, plentiful.
Other decisions are, unfortunately, more permanent.
Rio's favelas are, unfortunately, well known for their violence.
Anna Pignataro's sad-eyed watercolors are, unfortunately, fitting.
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