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Discover LudwigThe phrase "time is unfortunate" is grammatically correct but may not be commonly used in written English.
You can use it to express a sentiment that the current time or timing of an event is not favorable or has negative implications. Example: "I wanted to attend the meeting, but time is unfortunate as I have a prior commitment."
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For the time being.
For the time being indicates that an action or state will continue into the future, but is temporary.
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A second time is unfortunate.
But your message that democratic transformation and economic reforms are inadequate to allow Romania to join NATO "this time" is unfortunate.Liberalism, desire for regional co-operation and rejection of chauvinism are in ascendancy in Romania today.
Overall, this paucity of data examining for trends in incidence over time is unfortunate when taking into account the poor clinical outcome and high cost of care for critically ill patients with AKI [ 10, 13, 32].
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Most likely, free traders will have to content themselves with regional agreements for the time being; unfortunate given the extent to which openness has fueled economic gains in the developed and developing world.UPDATE: Douglas Irwin and Petros C. Mavroidis comment at VoxEU.
Laura Hammond, senior lecturer in development studies at Soas, University of London, said the timing was unfortunate at a time when Somalia was showing signs of recovery and given the UK's backing for the new Somali government.
"The philosophy you hear from time to time, which is unfortunate, is one of exclusion rather than inclusion.
Mr Smithers accepts thatShares seem more likely than not to go on rising for the time being.but addsThis is unfortunate.
Given the magnitude of the unmet medical need and the data suggesting that symptomatic patients with bipolar disorder spend the majority of their time depressed, this is unfortunate.
"Small businesses have been expressing their outrage at Yelp's dirty business practices for a long time, and it is unfortunate that it took the filing of a class action to get Yelp to make even.
Really? the only female "author" the NYRB exhibits any interest in this time is the unfortunate Amanda Knox, where the theme of the review seems to be which lines are this poor girl's and which belong to her work-for-hire ghostwriter?
Drawing a parallel between pictures of the Nazis burning books in 1933 and Iranian demonstrators burning official photographs of the Shah at the time of his downfall is unfortunate, to say the least.
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