What does unlucky mean?
Definitions for unlucky
ʌnˈlʌk iun·luck·y
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word unlucky.
Princeton's WordNet
unlucky, lucklessadjective
having or bringing misfortune
"Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"
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
unluckyadjective
unfortunate, marked by misfortune
Etymology: From un- + lucky
unluckyadjective
inauspicious
Etymology: From un- + lucky
unluckyadjective
having ill luck
Etymology: From un- + lucky
unluckyadjective
bringing ill luck
Etymology: From un- + lucky
Webster Dictionary
Unluckyadjective
not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game
Unluckyadjective
bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious
Unluckyadjective
mischievous; as, an unlucky wag
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unlucky in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unlucky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of unlucky in a Sentence
I managed to hide behind a pillar, there were unlucky people who they killed right there.
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.
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?
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.
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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- سيئ الحظArabic
- desafortunat, infortunat, malauratCatalan, Valencian
- nešťastnýCzech
- uheldigDanish
- unglücklichGerman
- άτυχοςGreek
- malfeliĉaEsperanto
- desafortunadoSpanish
- بد شانسPersian
- valitettava, huono-onninen, epäonninen, onneton, pahaenteinenFinnish
- malchanceuxFrench
- बदकिस्मतHindi
- szerencsétlenHungarian
- sfortunatoItalian
- ದುರದೃಷ್ಟಕರKannada
- بار کهوتووKurdish
- infelicisLatin
- wairuatoaMāori
- ongelukkigDutch
- uheldigNorwegian
- nieszczęśliwyPolish
- azaradoPortuguese
- nenorocosRomanian
- несчастливый, невезучий, неудачный, неудачливый, неблагоприятный, зловещий, недобрыйRussian
- olyckligSwedish
- దురదృష్టవంతులైనTelugu
- โชคร้ายThai
- şanssızTurkish
- нещасливийUkrainian
- بدقسمتUrdu
- rủi, không may, bất hạnh, xui xẻo, xui, rủi roVietnamese
- שלימזלניקYiddish
- 倒霉的Chinese
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