unlucky
adjective
(of a person) not lucky; lacking good fortune; ill-fated.
unluckily
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a word derived from
unlucky.
Example Sentences
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Maybe that's still a valid argument but the miss was a catastrophic blow to a team that only trailed 1-0 at the time - and a touch unluckily at that.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
Luckily for him, and unluckily for the cast and crew, real zombies arrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
But for the first time — unluckily for the Nationals — MLB instituted a lottery, under the terms of the new collective bargaining agreement, in an attempt to reduce the incentive for teams to tank.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022
And nothing makes you count your blessings quite like watching fictional characters escape death, like the college student in 2014's "Kristy" who unluckily stays on campus alone during Thanksgiving break.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2021
Filch found them trying to force their way through a door that unluckily turned out to be the entrance to the out-of-bounds corridor on the third floor.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
