Definitions for unlucky
ʌnˈlʌk iun·luck·y

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. unlucky, lucklessadjective

   having or bringing misfortune

   "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"

2. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. unluckyadjective

   unfortunate, marked by misfortune

   Etymology: From un- + lucky

2. unluckyadjective

   inauspicious

   Etymology: From un- + lucky

3. unluckyadjective

   having ill luck

   Etymology: From un- + lucky

4. unluckyadjective

   bringing ill luck

   Etymology: From un- + lucky

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Unluckyadjective

   not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game

2. Unluckyadjective

   bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious

3. Unluckyadjective

   mischievous; as, an unlucky wag

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Unlucky

   un-luk′i, adj. not lucky or fortunate: ill-omened.—adv. Unluck′ily, in an unlucky or unfortunate manner.—n. Unluck′iness, the state or quality of being unlucky or unfortunate.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unlucky in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unlucky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of unlucky in a Sentence

1. Josep Lluis Cusido:

   I managed to hide behind a pillar, there were unlucky people who they killed right there.

2. Margaret Mead:

   People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or without ambition; people live like that, but Americans live in white detached houses with green shutters. Rigidly, blindly, the dream takes precedence.

3. Rothschild:

   Never have anything to do with an unlucky place, or an unlucky man. I have seen many clever men, very clever men, who had not shoes to their feet. I never act with them. Their advice sounds very well, but they cannot get on themselves; and if they cannot do good to themselves, how can they do good for me?

4. Butler:

   Man is supreme lord and master Of his own ruin and disaster, Controls his fate, but nothing less In ordering his own happiness: For all his care and providence Is too feeble a defence To render it secure and certain Against the injuries of Fortune; And oft, in spite of all his wit, Is lost by one unlucky hit, And ruined with a circumstance, And mere punctilio of a chance.

5. Harry Kane:

   We are so unlucky not to go through in 90 minutes, no one laid on the floor and we stood there when it counted. It was a big night for England.

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