What does ill-fated mean?
Definitions for ill-fated
ill-fat·ed
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word ill-fated.
Princeton's WordNet
doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unluckyadjective
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
Wiktionary
ill-fatedadjective
Unlucky; doomed.
My grandfather was originally scheduled to travel on the ill-fated last voyage of the RMS Lusitania, but thankfully had to change his plans at the last minute.
ChatGPT
ill-fated
Ill-fated refers to something or someone destined to experience unfortunate, disastrous, unsuccessful or undesirable events or outcomes. It often implies an unavoidable fate or destiny marked by bad luck or failure.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ill-fated in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ill-fated in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of ill-fated in a Sentence
Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov":
Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.
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