unfortunate coincidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunfortunateandcoincidence
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unfortunate
adjective
uk/ʌnˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/us/ʌnˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət/
unlucky or having ...
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coincidence
noun
uk/kəʊˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/us/koʊˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/
an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time, especially in a way that is unlikely ...
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(Definition ofunfortunateandcoincidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Nor is this just a surprising orunfortunatecoincidence.
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For there is a sufficient degree of overlap to emphasize the slightlyunfortunatecoincidenceof this particular pair.
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It may be a coincidence, but it is anunfortunatecoincidence.
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That happens to be anunfortunatecoincidencein the context of the proposed closure.
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I accept that the timing of today's debate is anunfortunatecoincidence.
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Those in power would have us believe that this state of affairs is anunfortunatecoincidence.
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I can only say that the facts exhibit a mostunfortunatecoincidence.
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I think it is not unrelated to theunfortunatecoincidenceof the similarity between the suffix "ide"at the end of thalidomide, and the suffix"ide"at the end of"fluoride".
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No doubt it is merely anunfortunatecoincidencethat, as all the surveys confirm, the vast majority of periods of sick leave are shorter than four weeks.
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That two mishaps should have occurred in the space of a few weeks is merely anunfortunatecoincidenceand not in any way due to local conditions.
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In fact, it was a pure coincidence, in some ways perhaps anunfortunatecoincidence, that the debate should take place on the same day as those discussions.
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There was a ratherunfortunatecoincidence.
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Today'sunfortunatecoincidenceprobably will not recur.
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It seems to me a mostunfortunatecoincidencethat this procedure should be adopted now which will have the effect of putting this matter in abeyance for a considerable period.
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Though some think the plane crash was used as an opportunistic way to force change in the sport, it was merely anunfortunatecoincidence.
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Moore said it was anunfortunatecoincidencethat the similar roles came at the same time, and claimed that the characters had differing personalities.
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