adjective
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Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.
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Inauspicious.
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Having ill luck.
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Bringing ill luck.
Examples of unlucky in a Sentence
He could not have chosen a more unlucky time for his own quiet.
It was under these unlucky auspices that the elections of new deputies took place in 1829.
A papyrus in London contains a calendar of lucky and unlucky days.
The southern and western peoples still practise infanticide as regards children born on several unlucky days in each month.
But if the neighbours are hostile the unlucky group is cut off from fire, igni interdicitur.
And if we're unlucky enough to face a hosepipe ban, now's the time to install a water butt.
For the lemures were, like our unlaid ghosts, unburied, mischievous or inimical spirits, and these three days were nefasti or unlucky, because their malign influence was abroad..
In his league match for Oxford at the Abbey, he was very unlucky with mechanical breakdowns restricting his score.
Overseas wars rarely touched British shores; even violent civil wars passed most civilians by unless they were very unlucky.
Connor's conversion from quite wide out was unlucky to hit the crossbar ' which was to prove crucial later.
It is considered unlucky to keep peacocks ' feathers in the house.
Graham and Sam enjoyed a good partnership before Graham was unlucky to find a fielder on leg side.
Terrified, I tried to scale the wall but it was extremely well built and offered no handholds to the unlucky would-be wall climber.
Nothing was ever so pernicious to our country, nothing was ever so unlucky.
In this, for the first time, he showed the unlucky independence which, in so many other instances, united all parties against him.
In the Brahmana period they were distinguished as " deva " and " yama," the fourteen lucky asterisms being probably associated with the waxing, the fourteen unlucky with the waning moon.'
After a delightful nutmeg on Rochdale's Gary Jones, the Swansea midfielder was unlucky to see his shot rise above the Rochdale crossbar.
All the bowlers were unlucky and we were hampered in the field due to a wet outfield and an injury as well.
The Battalion suffered little German artillery fire, however, lost their mortar platoon due to an unlucky enemy shell.
Unless we're unlucky with the weather there's a very good chance of seeing some reptiles under our tins.
A couple of groups were unlucky enough to get soaking wet in the underground reservoir.
It was also believed to be unlucky to bring a single snowdrop into a house.
To kill a sparrow or to have one fly into a house is considered unlucky too.
It was considered unlucky, in France, to pick them for May Day.
Mike Mcgowan as ever steadied the ship with 22 and was unlucky to be out.
The Team has been slightly unlucky with the weather; the strong wind seems to have followed us all over the continent.
Okay, we failed to reach the quarter finals, but that was due to the opening game when we were extremely unlucky.
Some people are unlucky in love, well, I'm unlucky in love, well, I'm unlucky in life.
Marco's excellent kick was unlucky to hit the upright.
Hunting of the wren It is unlucky to kill a wren on any day apart from Boxing Day.
He was unlucky tho to suffer a broken left wrist and a broken right arm in two separate falls.
Hence though often fertile in resource and ingenious in plan, he was always a brilliant amateur; and, though sometimes unlucky, he was never really the equal of such generals as Conde or Luxembourg.
The simplicity and tenderness speciallycharacteristic of du Bellay appear in the sonnets telling of his unlucky passion for Faustine, and of his nostalgia for the banks of the Loire.
Since the new moon is associated with special acts of devotion in Turkey - where, as in England, there is a popular superstition that it is unlucky to Gee it through glass - it may originally have been adopted in consequence of its religious significance.
Everywhere, at cards and in war, I am always unlucky.
Unless we 're unlucky with the weather there 's a very good chance of seeing some reptiles under our tins.
For his part, Foster was unlucky to miss the semifinal of the single sculls in a hard repechage.
The Nomads had a shaky start with a couple of unlucky points against them.
Even tho diamond is very tough, it can be shattered by a hard blow, especially at an unlucky angle.
Provides unlucky sporting especially surprising to we think that.
We 've been a bit unlucky on occasion, but you ca n't argue with those sort of numbers.
That is perhaps unlucky loser Eriksson 's greatest failing.
Not even the thrilling unlucky defeat by Real Madrid in the Champions League could spoil United 's focus in the Premiership.
This could be a problem if you are the unlucky victim of such a theft when you are temporarily uninsured.
Some unlucky souls will get wake-up calls from the dramatic planet.
To those unlucky enough to be lost in the maze, all is confusion.
Ben May came off the bench after an hour and was unlucky not to equalize when his powerful header struck the crossbar.
A great performance in the second half defensively from Kingsway, unlucky even to concede a goal.
Stourport 's first Novice Four were unlucky to lose the final of their event at Penarth Regatta two weeks ago.
According to recent reports they have been unlucky not to pick up points in their last few games.