luckless

[luhk-lis]

adjective

1. having no luck; unfortunate; hapless; ill-fated; turning out or ending disastrously.

   a luckless venture that ruined many of the investors.

luckless

/ ˈlʌklɪs /

adjective

1. having no luck; unlucky

Other Word Forms

• lucklessly adverb
• lucklessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of luckless¹

First recorded in 1555–65; luck + -less

Example Sentences

Being luckless in love is commonplace these days.

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It screamed watershed moment, the forever luckless Clippers outfoxing the eternally exalted Lakers for the services of not one, but two superstars.

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After the luckless Wood repeatedly passed the edge, it was Woakes who got the crucial wicket of Hodge in an excellent spell late in the day.

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Gathering routine genre elements — the masked predator, the luckless teenage victims, the cabin-in-the-woods setting — Nash subordinates them all to a mood of stunning serenity.

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Maybe they had no greater place to be, except at a greater distance from a luckless caravan like ours, led by a man marked for the coming of Cid.

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