Involving or undergoing chance misfortune

• hapless

  1. Devoid of talent or skill.
  2. Very unlucky; ill-fated.
  3. Luckless; unfortunate.

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  1. Devoid of talent or skill.
  2. Very unlucky; ill-fated.
  3. Luckless; unfortunate.

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• ill-fated

  1. Causing misfortune; unlucky
  2. Having or certain to have an evil fate or unlucky end
  3. Unlucky; doomed.

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  1. Causing misfortune; unlucky
  2. Having or certain to have an evil fate or unlucky end
  3. Unlucky; doomed.

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• ill-starred

  1. Doomed to a bad fate; hapless
  2. Ill-fated; unlucky.
  3. Unlucky or doomed to disaster

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  1. Doomed to a bad fate; hapless
  2. Ill-fated; unlucky.
  3. Unlucky or doomed to disaster

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• luckless

  1. Unsuccessful, in a failing manner.
  2. Having or marked by a lack of good fortune; unlucky.
  3. Without luck.

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  1. Unsuccessful, in a failing manner.
  2. Having or marked by a lack of good fortune; unlucky.
  3. Without luck.

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• star-crossed

  1. Alternative spelling of star-crossed.
  2. Ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars".
  3. Opposed by fate; ill-fated:

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  1. Alternative spelling of star-crossed.
  2. Ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars".
  3. Opposed by fate; ill-fated:

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• unfortunate

  1. Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
  2. Not suitable or successful
  3. Characterized by, bringing, or causing misfortune:

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  1. Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
  2. Not suitable or successful
  3. Characterized by, bringing, or causing misfortune:

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• unhappy

  1. Not suitable; inappropriate:
  2. Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful:
  3. Unlucky; unfortunate

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  1. Not suitable; inappropriate:
  2. Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful:
  3. Unlucky; unfortunate

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• untoward

  1. Inappropriate, improper, unseemly, etc.
  2. Not favorable or fortunate; adverse, inauspicious, etc.
  3. Unfavorable or adverse:

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  1. Inappropriate, improper, unseemly, etc.
  2. Not favorable or fortunate; adverse, inauspicious, etc.
  3. Unfavorable or adverse:

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Portending future disaster

• apocalyptic

  1. Of or constituting a culminating or decisive event, turning point, etc., esp. one that is unsettling or threatening
  2. Characterized by predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome:
  3. Relating to or predicting the end of the world, especially as described in the Bible or another religious text.

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  1. Of or constituting a culminating or decisive event, turning point, etc., esp. one that is unsettling or threatening
  2. Characterized by predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome:
  3. Relating to or predicting the end of the world, especially as described in the Bible or another religious text.

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• apocalyptical

  1. Apocalyptic

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  1. Apocalyptic

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• baneful

  1. Portending harm; ominous.
  2. Causing harm, ruin, or death; harmful.

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  1. Portending harm; ominous.
  2. Causing harm, ruin, or death; harmful.

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• dire

  1. Calling for quick action; urgent
  2. Arousing terror or causing extreme distress; dreadful; terrible
  3. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:

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  1. Calling for quick action; urgent
  2. Arousing terror or causing extreme distress; dreadful; terrible
  3. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:

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• direful

  1. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.
  2. Inspiring dread; terrible.

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  1. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.
  2. Inspiring dread; terrible.

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• fateful

  1. Determined in advance by fate, fated.
  2. Having important consequences; often, specif., bringing death or destruction
  3. Momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate.

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  1. Determined in advance by fate, fated.
  2. Having important consequences; often, specif., bringing death or destruction
  3. Momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate.

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• fire-and-brimstone

  1. Characterized by an impassioned emphasis on damnation and eternal punishment

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  1. Characterized by an impassioned emphasis on damnation and eternal punishment

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• grave

  1. (--- Theol.) So evil as to cause spiritual death; mortal
  2. Dignified and somber in conduct or character:
  3. Fraught with danger or harm:

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  1. (--- Theol.) So evil as to cause spiritual death; mortal
  2. Dignified and somber in conduct or character:
  3. Fraught with danger or harm:

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• hellfire

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• ominous

  1. Menacing; threatening:
  2. Of or serving as an omen; esp., having the character of an evil omen; threatening; sinister
  3. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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  1. Menacing; threatening:
  2. Of or serving as an omen; esp., having the character of an evil omen; threatening; sinister
  3. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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• portentous

  1. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.
  2. Of momentous or ominous significance.
  3. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe:

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  1. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.
  2. Of momentous or ominous significance.
  3. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe:

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Disturbing because of failure to measure up to a standard or produce the desired results

• disappointing

  1. That disappoints or disappoint.
  2. Not up to expectations or hopes:

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  1. That disappoints or disappoint.
  2. Not up to expectations or hopes:

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• sorry

  1. Feeling or expressing sympathy or pity:
  2. Causing sorrow, grief, or misfortune; grievous:
  3. Worthless or inferior; paltry:

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  1. Feeling or expressing sympathy or pity:
  2. Causing sorrow, grief, or misfortune; grievous:
  3. Worthless or inferior; paltry:

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Unfortunate

• luckless

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• unhappy

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• afflicted

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Unpropitious

• ill-chosen

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• ill-fated

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• untimely

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