unchancy

[ uhn-chan-see, -chahn- ]

/ ʌnˈtʃæn si, -ˈtʃɑn- /

Save This Word!

adjective Chiefly Scot.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012