unblessed
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈblɛst/
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desafortunado
- She felt unblessed in her personal life, wishing for more love and companionship.
Examples
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The villagers believed the crops would yield poorly because they were unblessed by the local shaman.
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Yet now I and many others unblessed or little-blessed by traditional publishing are making money without them—from readers instead of editors, no less—suddenly the definition has changed.
Blog text (23) -
Each family kept a store of unblessed food, too, though nothing could equal the share in the baskets.
Fiction book (1990) -
Prayers have to be conducted at the beginning and the end of every class because unblessed lessons are just a waste of taxpayer money.
Blog text (5) -
You're feeling forgotten, unblessed.
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Joshi wanders in a dreamlike bewilderment, intensified by the sense that memory here has been so peculiarly unhoused, unblessed: "There is no place left here even for the ghosts of these memories to dwell."
Academic text (1995) -
After losing his job, he felt unblessed and lacking in opportunities.
Synonyms
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Completely without something that is needed or wanted
Not having a certain quality, skill, or money
Without good luck or happiness
Antonyms
How Fortunate
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unblessed starts with un- meaning 'not' and has bless meaning 'to give good or protection, often by God'. So unblessed means 'not blessed' — lacking good luck, help, or something desirable.