Dictionary entry

Misfortune

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mis‐for″tune (?), n. Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.

Consider why the change was wrought,

You 'll find his misfortune, not his fault. Addison.

Syn. — Calamity; mishap; mischance; misadventure; ill; harm; disaster. See Calamity.