luckless

[ luhk-lis ]

/ ˈlʌk lɪs /

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adjective

having no luck; unfortunate; hapless; ill-fated; turning out or ending disastrously: a luckless venture that ruined many of the investors.

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Origin of luckless

First recorded in 1555–65; luck + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM luckless

luck·less·ly, adverbluck·less·ness, noun

Words nearby luckless

Lucius III, luck, luckie, luckily, luck into, luckless, Lucknow, luck of the devil, luck of the draw, luck out, luckpenny

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How to use luckless in a sentence

Was there ever such a luckless airline as Malaysian Airlines?
Twin Disasters Turn 2014 Into the Year of Flying Dangerously|Clive Irving|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Born on July 7—a “luckless birthdate” associated with “many undefinable threats”—Devi seems fated for calamity.
This Week’s Hot Reads: May 13, 2013|Mythili Rao, Sarah Stodola|May 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Does any member of the cheesy celebrity class get caught more often than the luckless Fergie?
Fergie's Latest Flameout|Tina Brown|May 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Would it have been restored, had the luckless speculator himself remained?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

Hard was the struggle & therein waxed Hakon luckless; men fought from the prows and sterns, as the custom was in those times.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
The luckless orphan, anxious to avoid the terrible doom that was threatening him, rushed away in an opposite direction.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng
A ladder was quickly procured, and the luckless orphan very shortly found himself a prisoner.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng
Suddenly the mule, we know not from what cause, bolted from underneath, leaving the luckless orphan suspended.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng

British Dictionary definitions for luckless

luckless

/ (ˈlʌklɪs) /

adjective

having no luck; unlucky

Derived forms of luckless

lucklessly, adverblucklessness, noun

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