Usually means: Individuals experiencing hardship or misfortune.
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  1. unfortunates: Merriam-Webster
  2. unfortunates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. unfortunates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Unfortunates, unfortunates: Wordnik
  5. unfortunates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. unfortunates: Wiktionary
  7. unfortunates: Dictionary.com
  8. The Unfortunates: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. unfortunates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. unfortunates: Legal dictionary

(Note: See unfortunate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (unfortunate)

adjective:  Not favored by fortune.
adjective:  Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.
noun:  An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.
noun:  (archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute.
▸ Also see unfortunate


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