English → Arabic
unfortunate situation in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- waḍʿun muʾsaf
- Arabizi
wad3 mu2saf- Type
- noun · masculine
How to use it
"Unfortunate situation" refers to a circumstance that is regrettable or sad. In Arabic the phrase uses the masculine noun "وضع" with the adjective "مؤسف". It can describe personal, social, or professional contexts.
Example sentences
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وَجَدَتِ العَائِلَةُ نَفْسَهَا فِي وَضْعٍ مُؤْسَفٍ بَعْدَ الفَشَلِ المَالِيّ.
wajadat al-ʿāʾilata nafsahā fī waḍʿin muʾsafin baʿda al-fashali al-mālīyi.
The family found itself in an unfortunate situation after the financial failure.
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تَحْدُثُ أَحْيَانًا وَضْعٌ مُؤْسَفٌ فِي السَّيَارَةِ عِنْدَ حَدَثِ عَطَلٍ.
taḥduthu aḥyānan waḍʿun muʾsafun fī al-sayyāra ʿinda ḥadathi ʿaṭlin.
Sometimes an unfortunate situation occurs in a car when a breakdown happens.
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المُدِيرُ وَجَدَ نَفْسَهُ فِي وَضْعٍ مُؤْسَفٍ بَعْدَ خُسَارَةِ المَوْلِيدِ.
al-mudīru wajada nafsahu fī waḍʿin muʾsafin baʿda khusārati al-mawlīd.
The manager found himself in an unfortunate situation after the loss of the project.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
The Koran says that “Allah will not change our unfortunate situation unless we make the effort to change it.”
يقول القرآن: "إن الله لا يغير ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم".
This monitoring mechanism must be adapted to the specific situation of indigenous children in this unfortunate situation.
64 - ولا بد من تكييف آلية الرصد تلك لتعالج حالة أطفال الشعوب الأصلية على وجه التحديد في ظل هذا الوضع المؤسف.
But it sort of creates this unfortunate situation where a tiny, tiny fraction of the world can actually participate in this exploration or can benefit from that technology.
ولكنها تخلق موقفا مؤسفا حيث أن عدداّ بسيطاّ من العالم فقط يستطيع المشاركة في هذا الاستكشاف أو يستطيع الاستفادة من هذه التقنية
In order to deal with that unfortunate situation, it is of great importance to promote dialogue among peoples and civilizations, based on a spirit of tolerance and mutual understanding.
ومن الأهمية بمكان، للتعامل مع هذه الحالة المؤسفة، أن نشجع الحوار بين الشعوب والحضارات، على أساس من روح التسامح والتفاهم المتبادل.
All that Samuelson showed was that any exogenous change could harm a trading economy; he did not argue that an appropriate response to that unfortunate situation was to abandon free trade.
إن كل ما أكد عليه سامويلسون هو أن أي تغير خارجي المنشأ من الممكن أن يلحق الضرر بالاقتصاد التجاري؛ ولكنه لم يزعم قط أن الاستجابة اللائقة لهذا الوضع المؤسف هي التخلي عن التجارة الحرة.
Questions and answers
Can I use "unfortunate situation" for a minor mishap?
Yes, but for very small issues you might prefer "موقف غير مريح" (an uncomfortable situation).
Is "مؤسف" always an adjective?
It can also be used as an interjection meaning "what a pity", but here it functions as an adjective.
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