unlucky adj

1 having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date" [syn: luckless] [ant: lucky]

2 marked by or promising bad fortune; "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"- W.H.Prescott [syn: doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred]

English

Etymology

From un- + lucky

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌki

Adjective

1. unfortunate, marked by misfortune
2. inauspicious
3. having ill luck
4. bringing ill luck

Derived terms

• unluckily
• unluckiness

References

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