Luckless

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Marked by, suffering, or promising lack of luck; unlucky. See Synonyms at unfortunate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Unsuccessful, in a failing manner.
  • adj. Without luck.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having no luck; suffering mischance; unlucky; unsuccessful: as, a luckless gamester.
  • Unattended by luck; bringing or marked by ill luck or misfortune; unfortunate: unfavorable : as, a luckless adventure.
  • Synonyms Unlucky, ill-starred, ill-fated.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having or bringing misfortune
  • Equivalent
    hexed    jinxed   
    Synonym
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hapless    unlucky    ill-fated    unfortunate    illustrious