unlucky

Meaning

  1. Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.
  2. Inauspicious.
  3. Having ill luck.
  4. Bringing ill luck.

Synonyms

unfortunate
B2
ill-fated
34k
luckless
hapless
33k
inauspicious
34k
unhappy
B2
☹️
ill-omened
ill-starred
ominous
C1
unfavourable
unsuccessful
C2
misfortunate
bad luck
bad
A1
👎
doomed
C1
miserable
B2
misfortune
C1
poor
A1
sinister
C1
foreboding
21k
fortuneless
disastrous
C2
infelicitous
untoward
29k
sad
A2
☹️
stiff
C1
tough
A2
unbidden
uncalled-for
unfavorable
unfortunately
B1
unpropitious
unsatisfactory
38k
unskillful
unwanted
C2
unwarranted
38k
widower
C2
wretched
C1

deprived of property

illstarred

abandoned person

unfelicitous

abortive

accidentally
B2
adverse
22k
adversity
C2
alas
C1
baleful
calamitous
clumsy
C1
Translations

malchanceux
unglücklich
☹️
sfortunato
malheureux
☹️
infelice
☹️
desafortunado
desgraciado
infortuné
desafortunat
malaugurato
nefasto
bahtsız

άτυχος

disgraziato
şanssız
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʌnˈlʌki/
Etymology

From un- + lucky.

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