Unlucky
[ʌn'lʌkɪ] or [ʌn'lʌki]
Definition
(adj.) having or bringing misfortune; 'Friday the 13th is an unlucky date' .
Checked by Clive--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.
(a.) Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.
(a.) Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag.
Checker: Thomas
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unfortunate, unsuccessful, luckless, ill-starred.[2]. Inauspicious, ill-omened.
Typist: Tabitha
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BOUNDLESS]
Typist: Shirley
Definition
adj. not lucky or fortunate: ill-omened.—adv. Unluck′ily in an unlucky or unfortunate manner.—n. Unluck′iness the state or quality of being unlucky or unfortunate.
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Examples
- I prefer unlucky things. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This unlucky morning, of all mornings in the year, was the morning next after Mr Boffin's interview with Mrs Lammle in her little carriage. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He has been so unlucky as to lose _your_ friendship, replied Elizabeth with emphasis, and in a manner which he is likely to suffer from all his life. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It's an unfortunate name, and I fancy I should reproach myself if I gave it to another dear child, and it proved again unlucky. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have been so unlucky already in giving you pain without having any such intentions, before the holy Heavens! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This unlucky page, engaged in an evil hour at six pounds ten per annum, was a source of continual trouble to me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- More, in my opinion, I added, my unlucky temper getting the better of me, than any man alive, in your position, has a right to hear from her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is unlucky to travel where your path is crossed by a monk, a hare, or a howling dog, until you have eaten your next meal. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And now, I have been so unlucky--a horse has turned out badly--I can only pay fifty pounds. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Had Rachel reverted to this unlucky accident, at the critical moment when my place in her estimation was again, and far more seriously, assailed? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The world was not so stupid and blundering after all: now and then a stroke of luck came to the unluckiest. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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