ill-fated
[il-fey-tid]
- destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- bringing bad fortune.
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Origin of ill-fated
First recorded in 1700–10
Synonyms
See more synonyms for ill-fated on Thesaurus.com1. doomed, hapless, ill-starred, jinxed.
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Examples from the Web for ill-fated
Contemporary Examples
There was the ill-fated reelection campaign of Senator Kay Hagan in North Carolina, who lost to Republican Thom Tillis.
Perry has associated with Barbour since at least 2012, when Barbour served on his ill-fated but memorable presidential campaign.
This appears to glorify a crime,” said Cheek, “as does the apparent emphasis on their illegal and ill-fated invasion.
The Never-Ending Falklands War: In Buenos Aires, A Museum's Selective HistoryMichael Luongo
August 30, 2014
Republicans cast her ill-fated health care policy task force as a “shadow government.”
Up until his ill-fated Republican presidential primary run, Perry had never lost an election in his entire life.
Historical Examples
A seeker for omens might have said that the heavens were weeping over our ill-fated venture.
Micah ClarkeArthur Conan Doyle
"Ill-fated, indeed, an all accounts be true," returned Crispin in a maudlin voice.
The Tavern KnightRafael Sabatini
“There passed the last of an ill-fated line,” said the lawyer, reflectively.
The StrollersFrederic S. Isham
He also conversed with the ill-fated Agamemnon, Patroclus, and Achilles.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and RomeE.M. Berens
They were at least 2000 yards in front of the ill-fated A Battery, and must have been captured.
Pushed and the Return PushGeorge Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
ill-fated
- doomed or unluckyan ill-fated marriage
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