unchancy

American  

[uhn-chan-see, -chahn-] / ʌnˈtʃæn si, -ˈtʃɑn- /

adjective

Chiefly Scot.

1. unlucky.

2. dangerous.

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unchancy British  

/ ʌnˈtʃɑːnsɪ /

adjective

1. unlucky, ill-omened, or dangerous Compare wanchancy

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Etymology

Origin of unchancy

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

Example Sentences

I dunno what hankering ye have after that unchancy place.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Sendeth the Sphinx, the unchancy, the chieftainess blood-hound.

From The Frogs by Aristophanes

There was something so solemn and unchancy about him that his sister put a handful of forks and spoons on the table and stood looking at him.

From The Happy Venture by Price, Edith Ballinger

These unchancy things and the bag that held them I dropped into the fire, breathing a sigh of relief to see its red tooth seize upon them.

From A Woman Named Smith by Oemler, Marie Conway

It was plain that Grisell was in no state to be taken on a journey, and her mother went grumbling down the stair at the unchancy bairn always doing scathe.

From Grisly Grisell by Yonge, Charlotte Mary