luckless
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After his luckless crash with Piastri, in a multiple collision, in the earlier sprint race won by Verstappen, Norris was philosophical.
From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025
Being luckless in love is commonplace these days.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025
Goals from Rico Lewis and Josko Gvardiol help Manchester City brush aside a luckless Nottingham Forest to reach a third successive FA Cup final.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025
Co-written by Gilliam and Michael Palin, with appearances by Palin as a luckless dweeb through the ages and John Cleese as a posh Robin Hood, “Time Bandits,” the film, was very much a Python work.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024
Readers of The Times in London were told that what was otherwise an “imposing ceremony” was “rendered ludicrous by some of the luckless sallies of that poor President Lincoln.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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