misfortunePronunciation: /mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn, -tʃ(ə)n/Translate misfortune | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of misfortune noun [mass noun] bad luck:the project was dogged by misfortune [count noun] an unfortunate condition or event:never laugh at other people’s misfortunesmisfortune in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of misfortune in the US English dictionary