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Spell Bee Word: Misfortune


What does misfortune mean?

Word: Misfortune

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Misfortune means bad luck, or an unlucky event that brings trouble.

Synonyms: bad luck, trouble, hardship

How do you spell misfortune?

Syllables: mis - for - tune

Tricky part: The ending tune sounds like chun, so children often write chune or chun.

Watch out for: missfortune, misforchune, misfortun

Memory tip: Fortune ends with a whole small word, tune, even though you hear chun.

Misfortune in a sentence

Example 1: Losing the match by one run was a great misfortune.

Example 2: The farmers faced misfortune when the rains failed.

Example 3: We had the misfortune of missing the last bus.

Fun Fact

Fortune comes from the Latin word fortuna, which meant chance or luck.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

misfortune

a) accident
b) failure
c) good luck
d) sorrow

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c) good luck. Sorrow, accidents and failure can follow misfortune; good luck is its opposite.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) impatiant
b) disapear
c) unhapiness
d) misfortune

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d) misfortune. Disappear and unhappiness need two p's, and impatient ends in ent.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nufrostemi

a) misfire
b) furniture
c) misfortune
d) fortunate

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c) misfortune. Misfire is too short, and fortunate and furniture need letters the jumble lacks.

Word Makeup

Choose the correct prefix for the word:

fortune

a) mise
b) mys
c) miss
d) mis

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d) mis. Mis means badly or wrongly, and it is short, with just one s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a misfortune?

a) a surprise birthday party
b) a sunny holiday
c) a prize in a quiz
d) a flood ruining the crops

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d) a flood ruining the crops

2. It was Lucy's misfortune to ____.

a) meet her best friend
b) find her lost ring
c) win the first prize
d) get caught in the rain on the trip day

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d) get caught in the rain on the trip day

Associated Words

Words that start with mis: misunderstand, mistrust, misplace, mislead, miserable, mischievous

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: trouble, hardship

More words from this list

prevention, several, treatment, agitated, carpenter, description, extraordinary, incorrect

Next steps

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