unlucky
adjective, un·luck·i·er, un·luck·i·est.
Origin of unlucky
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miserable, hapless, tragic, unhappy, luckless, afflicted, black, calamitous, cursed, dire, disastrous, ill-fated, inauspicious, ominous, star-crossed, unfavorable, unsuccessful, untimely, untoward, cataclysmicExamples from the Web for unlucky
Contemporary Examples of unlucky
At that unlucky moment, his call was being randomly screened.
And at the same time, I think I am unlucky when I look at how it all ended.
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“It was the least fortunate or unlucky place to be born female,” she said.
The Life of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, the (Most Likely) Real 'Mona Lisa'Justin Jones
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As unlucky as Gama was to have been hit, he was incredibly lucky that neither bullet had pierced his skull into his brain.
Unlucky fans and casual observers alike can still enjoy the NCAA tournament.
Historical Examples of unlucky
I am to be unlucky in all I do, I think, be my intentions ever so good.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Many a rod, I grieve to say, was worn to the stump on that unlucky night.
Biographical StoriesNathaniel Hawthorne
It was profusely strewed with the plunder of that unlucky fortress.
The Last of the MohicansJames Fenimore Cooper
Still, anything was liable to happen when his unlucky star was in the ascendant.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
And Charley, unlucky Charley, had managed to get into hot water with the college school.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood