unlucky
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unlucky
- /ʌnˈlʌki/
Rhymes with -ʌki
adjective unluckier · more unlucky · unluckiest · most unlucky
- Unfortunate, marked by misfortune. I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.
- Inauspicious.
- Having ill luck. A good man with a decent job cannot afford even basic health care. The message: Don’t get unlucky in America. You’re on your own.
- Bringing ill luck. Country like Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar, people who follows Hindu religion, they consider the numbers 0, 1, 8, 10, 12, 19 and 28 as unlucky numbers, bad luck or evil spirits etc. These numbers are called oudenophobia, henophobia, octophobia, decaphobia, dodecaphobia, enneadecaphobia and eikosi
- Mischievous. “The brat continued yelpin' an' yowlin', an' aitin' more nor his three brothers put together, an' playin' all sorts uv unlucky thricks, for he was mighty mischievyously inclined, till it happened one day that Tim Carrol, the blind piper, goin' his rounds, called in and sot down by the fire to hav' a
Similar: hapless, down on one's luck, fortuneless, ill-boding, ill-fated, ill-starred, inauspicious, infelicitous, infortunate, luckless, misadventurous, mischanceful, misfortuned, peak, snakebit, thwart, unchancy, unfavourable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpropitious, unlucky, wanchancy · Opposite: lucky
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: unfortunate, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, hexed, luckless, doomed, jinxed, hapless, unhappy, unsuccessful, miserable, wretch, poor, wretched, adverse
adjective
Similar: hapless, down on one's luck, fortuneless, ill-boding, ill-fated, ill-starred, inauspicious, infelicitous, infortunate, luckless, misadventurous, mischanceful, misfortuned, peak, snakebit, thwart, unchancy, unfavourable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpropitious, unlucky, wanchancy · Opposite: lucky
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adj having ill luck
| Español | salado, basiliqueado, sapeado |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | अभागा abhāgā |
| Français | malchanceux, poissard |
| Русский | невезу́чий nevezúčij, неуда́чливый neudáčlivyj |
adj bringing ill luck
| Español | mufa, fucú, yeta, yetatore, yetudo |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | unglückbringend, es bringt Unglück |
| Русский | несчастли́вый nesčastlívyj, недо́брый nedóbryj |
adj unfortunate
| Español | desafortunado, infortunado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 不幸 bùxìng, 不走運 /不走运 bùzǒuyùn, 倒霉 dǎoméi |
| हिन्दी | अभागा abhāgā |
| Português | azarado |
| Deutsch | unglücklich |
| Italiano | sfortunato |
| Română | nenorocos |
| Русский | неуда́чный neudáčnyj, неуда́чливый neudáčlivyj, несчастли́вый nesčastlívyj |
| Tiếng Việt | xui xẻo, xui, rủi ro, rủi, không may, bất hạnh |
adj inauspicious
| Русский | неблагоприя́тный neblagoprijátnyj, злове́щий zlovéščij |
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title = {unlucky},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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