ill-fated

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ill-fated

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From ill + fated.

adjective more ill-fated · most ill-fated

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.
Similar: accursed, fey, foreboding, inauspicious, condemned, cursed, star-crossed, sunk, cussed, damned, dead meat, doomed

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adj unlucky; doomed

Español	malhadado, empecatado
Français	fatidique, malheureux
Deutsch	unglücklich, vom Pech verfolgt, verhängnisvoll, zum Scheitern verurteilt
Italiano	malaugurato, sfortunato, predestinato
Русский	злополу́чный zlopolúčnyj, несчастли́вый nesčastlívyj, несча́стный nesčástnyj

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@misc{ill_fated_2026,
  title = {ill-fated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-fated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}