luckless
having no luck; unfortunate; hapless; ill-fated; turning out or ending disastrously: a luckless venture that ruined many of the investors.
Origin of luckless
1Other words from luckless
- luck·less·ly, adverb
- luck·less·ness, noun
Words Nearby luckless
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How to use luckless in a sentence
Was there ever such a luckless airline as Malaysian Airlines?
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Does any member of the cheesy celebrity class get caught more often than the luckless Fergie?
Would it have been restored, had the luckless speculator himself remained?
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 HemyngA ladder was quickly procured, and the luckless orphan very shortly found himself a prisoner.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge HemyngSuddenly 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
/ (ˈlʌklɪs) /
having no luck; unlucky
Derived forms of luckless
- lucklessly, adverb
- lucklessness, noun
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