unlucky

/ʌnˈlʌki/

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unlucky

Definitions

  1. adjective

    Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.

    Examples

    • I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.
    • "So he has a chance," said Connie. "Buckley's chance, the way his luck is. Fell out with his girl he did, and lost his job, and now 'e's goin' to lose 'is life. The unluckiest man that ever lived."
  2. adjective

    Inauspicious.

  3. adjective

    Having ill luck.

  4. adjective

    Bringing ill luck.

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