ill-fated

[ il-fey-tid ]

adjective

1. destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end:

   an ill-fated voyage.

   Synonyms: ill-starred, doomed, cursed, accursed

2. bringing bad fortune.

ill-fated

adjective

1. doomed or unlucky

   an ill-fated marriage

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-fated¹

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

There was the ill-fated reelection campaign of Senator Kay Hagan in North Carolina, who lost to Republican Thom Tillis.

From The Daily Beast

Perry has associated with Barbour since at least 2012, when Barbour served on his ill-fated but memorable presidential campaign.

From The Daily Beast

This appears to glorify a crime,” said Cheek, “as does the apparent emphasis on their illegal and ill-fated invasion.

From The Daily Beast

Republicans cast her ill-fated health care policy task force as a “shadow government.”

From The Daily Beast

Up until his ill-fated Republican presidential primary run, Perry had never lost an election in his entire life.

From The Daily Beast

"It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.

From Project Gutenberg

How little did she realize the long drawn-out agony that was even then beginning for her sisters in that ill-fated entrenchment!

From Project Gutenberg

Then we were again in motion, and the ill-fated town of Karinjah, now a heap of smouldering ruins, was soon far behind us.

From Project Gutenberg

I was one of the 109 Union officers who passed through the tunnel, and one of the ill-fated 48 that were retaken.

From Project Gutenberg

After the ill-fated revolt of the Mountain on June 13, there was no hope of diversion from the republicans at Paris.

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Related Words

• disastrous