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Unlucky

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Adjective

1. luckless, unlucky

having or bringing misfortune

Example Sentences:
'Friday the 13th is an unlucky date'

2. doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky

marked by or promising bad fortune

Example Sentences:
'their business venture was doomed from the start'
'an ill-fated business venture'
'an ill-starred romance'
'the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Unlucky

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adjective
1. 
characterized by misfortune or failure
an unlucky person
an unlucky chance
2. 
ill-omened; inauspicious
an unlucky date
3. 
regrettable; disappointing
4. British dialect
causing trouble; mischievous

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Unlucky

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adjectiveWord forms: unˈluckier or unˈluckiest
not lucky; having, attended with, bringing, or involving bad luck; unfortunate, ill-fated, or ill-omened

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Unlucky

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adj. un·luck·i·er, un·luck·i·est
1. Subjected to or marked by misfortune: unlucky at roulette; an unlucky day.
2. Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious: It is considered unlucky to break a mirror. See Synonyms at unfortunate.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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