Wikipedia:

Misfortune

Summary:

an Italian fairy tale, from Palermo, collected by Italo Calvino in his Italian Folktales. Another telling of the tale appears under the title Unfortunate in A Book of Enchantments and Curses, by Ruth Manning-Sanders. A king was captured and ...  (39 of 459 words)

Link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misfortune  [cite]

Merriam-Webster:

misfortune | mischance | adversity | mishap

Summary:

an event or conjunction of events that causes an unfortunate or distressing result; bad luck | an unhappy situation | a distressing or unfortunate ...  (22 of 169 words, 3 senses, pronunciation)

Link:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misfortune  [cite]

Encarta:

misfortune | misfortunes [plural]

Summary:

bad luck | an undesirable or unhappy event or circumstance  (9 of 25 words, 2 senses, pronunciation)

Link:

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary 1861630451/definition.html  [cite]

Random House:

misfortune

Summary:

adverse fortune; bad luck. | an instance of this; mischance; mishap.  (10 of 17 words, 2 senses, pronunciation)

Link:

http://dictionary.infoplease.com/misfortune  [cite]

Wiktionary:

misfortune | misfortunes [plural]

Summary:

bad luck | an undesirable event such as an accident  (9 of 11 words, 2 senses)

Link:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misfortune  [cite]