The meaning of tragic is regrettably serious or unpleasant :
Deplorable, lamentable.
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Causing strong feelings of sadness usually because someone has died in a way that seems very shocking, unfair, etc.
Sometimes used in an exaggerated way to describe something.
There are 12 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word tragic, two of which are labelled obsolete.
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Very sad, often involving death and suffering:
Belonging or relating to literature about.
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Characteristic or suggestive of tragedy.
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Definition of tragic adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
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A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering.
It was just a tragic accident.
The tragic loss of so many lives.