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Meanings of
ill-starred
in English
Marked by or promising bad fortune.
doomed
unlucky
ill-fated
ill-omened
Related terms
unfortunate
Usage of
ill-starred
in English
1
They foresaw a in history with the
ill-starred
prime ministership of Mackenzie.
2
Little need to trace the career of the fair and
ill-starred
Jacqueline.
3
Of such are the sombre wrap and woof of my
ill-starred
life.
4
I say it: the laugh of innocence is the
ill-starred
veteran's joy.
5
And thus the
ill-starred
girl died a victim to my senseless rashness.
6
Meanwhile the whole treatment of this
ill-starred
young gentleman gravitated towards insanity.
7
He could have smiled at the memory of that
ill-starred
passion now.
8
The Grand Plateau has taken more lives than its
ill-starred
neighbor below.
9
Whereupon, dragged over the chests, the
ill-starred
fellow is pummelled on deck.
10
He was seen going into a church on a certain
ill-starred
night.'
11
My
ill
-
starred
hopes, born of the life I've been forced to live!
12
Poor child, it needs no prophetic vision to predict your
ill-starred
career!
13
Strachey had been in office in the
ill-starred
Coalition under Fox and North.
14
Evergrande's investment into
ill
-
starred
startup Faraday Future has gone into a tailspin too.
15
Nothing more was said of the affair, nor of the
ill-starred
Maria Clara.
16
The cold limbs of the
ill-starred
little creature chilled her to the heart.
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ill-starred
Adjective
Frequent collocations
ill-starred expedition
ill-starred union
ill-starred child
ill-starred craft
ill-starred day
More collocations
Ill-starred
through the time
Ill-starred
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common