misfortunate vs miserable

misfortunate and miserable both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misfortunate	No	Yes	No	No
miserable	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, misfortunate and miserable are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of misfortunate include hapless, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched.

misfortunate (adjective)	miserable (adjective)
deserving or inciting pity	of the most contemptible kind
	of very poor quality or condition
	contemptibly small in amount
	characterized by physical misery
	deserving or inciting pity
	very unhappy; full of misery