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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In late October, a day after City beat Southampton, United unluckily lost at West Ham.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
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
But unluckily for farmers, fall armyworms aren’t picky eaters.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
“Luckily his plays haven’t aged — and unluckily, his targets haven’t either.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2019
But unluckily for me, trolls are very hospitable, and Mard took my cup and plunged it into the pot of sludge.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
