Unlucky Definition

ŭn-lŭkē
unluckier, unluckiest
adjective
unluckier, unluckiest
Subjected to or marked by misfortune.
Unlucky at roulette; an unlucky day.
American Heritage
Not lucky; having, attended with, bringing, or involving bad luck; unfortunate, ill-fated, or ill-omened.
Webster's New World
Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious.
It is considered unlucky to break a mirror.
American Heritage

Inauspicious.

Wiktionary

Having ill luck.

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Other Word Forms of Unlucky

Adjective

Base Form:
unlucky
Comparative:
unluckier
Superlative:
unluckiest

Origin of Unlucky

  • From un- + lucky

    From Wiktionary

Unlucky Sentence Examples

  • 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.

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