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1. (adj.) unlucky
(of a person) not lucky; lacking good fortune; ill-fated.
2. unlucky
(of an event or circumstance) inauspicious or characterized by misfortune; ominous.
Etymology: (1520–30)
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| Definition of 'unlucky' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) unlucky, luckless
having or bringing misfortune
"Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"
2. (adj) doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky
marked by or promising bad fortune
"their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott
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1. (adjective) unlucky
not good luck, or not having good luck; = unfortunate
It was very unlucky for us that the show was canceled.; I'm very unlucky - I've never won anything.
2. unlucky
considered to bring bad luck
Is the number 13 unlucky?
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| Definition of 'unlucky' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) unlucky
not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game
2. (adj) unlucky
bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious
3. (adj) unlucky
mischievous; as, an unlucky wag
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Sense: not lucky or fortunate
I am unlucky; – I never win at cards.
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 Afrikaans: ongelukkig |
 Arabic: غَيْر مَحْظوظ |
 Bulgarian: нещастен |
 Brazilian: azarado |
 Czech: smolařský |
 German: unglücklich, Pech haben |
 Danish: uheldig |
 Greek: άτυχος |
 Spanish: desafortunado, que tiene |
 Estonian: õnnetu, ebaõnnest saadetu |
 Farsi: بدشانس |
 Finnish: huono-onninen |
 French: malchanceux |
 Hebrew: חֲסַר מַזָל |
 Hindi: अभागा, बदकिस्मत |
 Croatian: nesretan |
 Hungarian: szerencsétlen |
 Indonesian: malang |
 Icelandic: óheppinn |
 Italian: sfortunato |
 Japanese: 不運な |
 Korean: 불행한 |
 Lithuanian: nelaimingas, neturintis l |
 Latvian: nelaimīgs; neveiksmīgs |
 Malay: tdk bernasib baik |
 Dutch: ongelukkig |
 Norwegian: uheldig |
 Polish: pechowy |
 Persian: بدشانس |
 Pashto: بدمرغه، بدبخته، بدقسمته، |
 Portuguese: azarado |
 Romanian: nenorocos, ghinionist |
 Russian: невезучий |
 Slovak: nešťastný; smoliarsky |
 Slovenian: ki nima sreče |
 Serbian: nesrećan |
 Swedish: ha otur |
 Thai: โชคร้าย |
 Turkish: şanssız, talihsiz |
 Taiwanese: 不幸的 |
 Ukrainian: невдалий |
 Urdu: بد قسمت |
 Vietnamese: không may mắn, xui |
 Chinese: 不幸的 |
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