unchancy

[ uhn-chan-see, -chahn- ]

/ ʌnˈtʃæn si, -ˈtʃɑn- /

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adjective Chiefly Scot.

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Origin of unchancy

First recorded in 1525–35; un-¹ + chancy

Words nearby unchancy

uncertain, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, unchain, unchallenged, unchancy, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, uncharacteristic, uncharge

How to use unchancy in a sentence

I pulled his head round away from the ghost, drew out a pistol, and watched the unchancy thing's movements.
The Yeoman Adventurer|George W. Gough
Flight, instant and precipitate, was Darcy's one idea; flight forth from that unchancy car.
Wanted: A Husband|Samuel Hopkins Adams
And it is precisely such unchancy happenings that make the scheme of things go wrong.
Kilmeny of the Orchard|Lucy Maud Montgomery
There was great glory and triumph in this; but why had his grace come at so unchancy a moment?
Framley Parsonage|Anthony Trollope

I would fain not run the risk, for folk say that he is an unchancy creature.
The Scottish Fairy Book|Elizabeth W. Grierson

British Dictionary definitions for unchancy

unchancy

/ (ʌnˈtʃɑːnsɪ) /

adjective

Scot unlucky, ill-omened, or dangerousCompare wanchancy

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