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Meanings of unlucky in English

Marked by or promising bad fortune.

Having or bringing misfortune.

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1
Ten miles, however, that the luckless prisoner had not managed to negotiate.
New york: the novel
2
Really all nature seemed to be in league against the luckless colonists.
The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
3
John braced himself and yanked a luckless perch high in the air.
A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
4
REPROBATION, n. In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned.
The Devil's Dictionary
5
Friday was the luckless day of my own failure and broken heart.
Angling Sketches
Usage of unlucky in English
1
They're excellent principles except for one major problem, the unlucky Feature Thirteen.
Wired
2
He had turned in the unlucky direction; the crowd was still following.
The Nether World
3
Finished unlucky third in the Makybe Diva Stakes this time last year.
News.com.au
4
He took his several thousand people and started eliminating the unlucky ones.
Ringworld
5
In other words, the Olympics just happen to be the unlucky backdrop.
Climbing Magazine
6
Also read -Friday the 13th: Why the date is considered unlucky
The South African
7
In the event, unlucky Ireland finished third over-all, behind Scotland and England.
The Irish Times
8
Straton was born under two stars; unlucky, lucky in the same degree.
Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France
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It would be wrong, though, to suggest that Dublin were simply unlucky.
The Irish Times
10
Press-ganging unlucky men and boys to serve on ships was common practice.
King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
11
For some unlucky reason his right elbow clapped out early as well.
Rock and Ice Magazine
12
The loss of his horses completed the ruin of the unlucky partisan.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mou...
13
A double wedding is unlucky; one of the marriages will be unhappy.
Current Superstitions / Collected from the Oral Tradition of Eng...
14
The home side have slipped from some unlucky defeats to disappointing ones.
The Irish Times
15
It is by repute unlucky; so you never can have done so.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
16
At least twenty-four days in the year were regarded as very unlucky.
Early European History
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