unlucky

Examples

• All

• You guys are unlucky too, coming here at a time like this.

  Roman Candle (2021)

• It's an unlucky number.

  Sliver (1993)

• You are not unlucky, you are not a victim.

  Lauren Curtis

• Imagine, you know, how unlucky you were to be born.

• OK, so are we lucky or unlucky if we do that?

• Today is her unlucky day.

  Sanitation Day (2021)

• Sometimes you're unlucky and you can move past that.

  Patrick Boyle

• So I guess we're we're the unlucky few that we've actually seen that go down before.

• If you're on this call, you are part of the unlucky group being laid off.

• "Poor, beautiful, clever Miranda, so unlucky in her choice of men and her children.

  Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

H

hapless

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26 7.2

Unlucky in a way that makes people feel sorry

covers misfortune generally and does not stress pity or sympathy

I

ill-fated

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19 6.1

Likely to have very bad luck and end badly

is about being affected by misfortune rather than a doomed ending

D

down on one's luck

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7 6.7

Having bad luck, often with money

is the general state of having bad events rather than a temporary period

I

inauspicious

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4 8.1

Likely to bring bad luck and make success unlikely

is about suffering bad events rather than only showing poor odds

L

luckless

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2 5.3

A person who has many bad things happen to them

can also mean causing bad luck rather than only experiencing it

J

jinxed

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• Informal

2 7.9

Having a lot of bad luck that causes many problems

describes having bad events without implying a supernatural cause

C

cursed

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• Literature

1 5.3

Having bad luck because of a magic spell, sometimes used to show anger or strong feeling

refers to suffering bad events without implying any supernatural blame

M

misfortunate

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• Archaic

1 7.1

Unlucky and in need of help

is a neutral label for bad events without implying pity

I

ill-starred

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• Literature

1 9.0

Likely to have bad luck and end badly

is about having bad events without always implying destiny

H

hexed

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• Informal

1 8.8

Having bad luck because someone put a curse on them

is about having bad events not necessarily blamed on magic

U

unblest

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9.9

Without good luck or happiness

is about having bad events rather than the absence of divine favor

I

ill-omened

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• Literature

8.7

A thing that people think will bring bad luck

is about actually experiencing misfortune rather than merely signalling it

U

unpropitious

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9.3

Not likely to succeed or have a good result

is about having bad events rather than describing unfavorable conditions

Antonyms

L

lucky

∞ 1.0

Having good things happen by chance

How Lucky

blessed

2.3

lucky

∞ 1.0

fortunate

296 1.8

unlucky

91 1.0

ill-fated

19 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology