unchancy

[ uhn-chan-see, -chahn- ]

adjective

, Chiefly Scot.

1. unlucky.
2. dangerous.

unchancy

/ ʌnˈtʃɑːnsɪ /

adjective

1. See wanchancy
   unlucky, ill-omened, or dangerous Compare wanchancy

Word History and Origins

Origin of unchancy¹

First recorded in 1525–35; un- ¹ + chancy

Example Sentences

I pulled his head round away from the ghost, drew out a pistol, and watched the unchancy thing's movements.

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Flight, instant and precipitate, was Darcy's one idea; flight forth from that unchancy car.

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And it is precisely such unchancy happenings that make the scheme of things go wrong.

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There was great glory and triumph in this; but why had his grace come at so unchancy a moment?

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I would fain not run the risk, for folk say that he is an unchancy creature.

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