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Another word for unlucky

unlucky Synonyms

unlucky

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Unfortunate
luckless, unhappy, afflicted; see unfortunate 2.
Unpropitious
ill-chosen, ill-fated, untimely; see ominous, unfavorable 2.

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Another word for unlucky

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Involving or undergoing chance misfortune:
hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, untoward. See luck
Portending future disaster:
apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, grave², hellfire, ominous, portentous. See luck, warn
Disturbing because of failure to measure up to a standard or produce the desired results:
disappointing, sorry. See happy

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It was under these unlucky auspices that the elections of new deputies took place in 1829.
He could not have chosen a more unlucky time for his own quiet.
A papyrus in London contains a calendar of lucky and unlucky days.
The southern and western peoples still practise infanticide as regards children born on several unlucky days in each month.
In this, for the first time, he showed the unlucky independence which, in so many other instances, united all parties against him.

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