R.I.P. Unfortunately, please!!
If there is one word in our language that needs to be locked away, banned or buried deeply forever somewhere, it is the word UNFORTUNATELY.
It’s like a gatling gun shooting out confusion in every direction.
Unfortunately, meaning ????
For me?
For you?
For whom?
For us?
About what?
Whose fault?
What’s wrong?
Who’s wrong?
Who’s responsible?
Is there a mistake?
Really?
Unfortunately, is a weasel word used when one can’t think of a better, more meaningfully specific word. Unfortunately, always leaves the bad taste of unhappiness in your brain.
Unfortunately, your plan won’t work.
Unfortunately, the effort fell short.
Unfortunately, the idea was half-baked.
Unfortunately, more effort was needed.
Unfortunately, someone should have thought of that.
Unfortunately, someone needed to find a better word
Unfortunately falls under Lukaszewski Grammar Disaster Law # 1 that states: (Every extra syllable in a word doubles its confusion.), yes? At five syllables, Unfortunately, leads the list of unintelligible, confusing, and negative words.
Stop using it. Think. Avoid the unhappiness and confusion this five-syllable monster imposes. It’s easy, just stop.
Your life and your relationships, those that remain, will last longer.
Unintelligible Negative Words – Negative Power of Negative Language
