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Synonyms for UNLUCKY: unfortunate, unhappy, luckless, disastrous, hapless, unfavorable, hard-luck, doomed; Antonyms of UNLUCKY: lucky, happy, fortunate, privileged, gifted, favored, favorable, fair.
B1. not lucky: The couple were unlucky enough to be in the hotel when the terrorist group struck. Synonyms. ill-fated. ill-starred literary. luckless literary. unfortunate (UNLUCKY) Opposites. fortunate approving. lucky. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having bad things happen by chance.
If you are unlucky, bad things happen to you by chance. If something, such as an event or a result, is unlucky, it results in bad things happening by chance.
The meaning of UNLUCKY is marked by adversity or failure. How to use unlucky in a sentence.
unlucky (to do something) having bad luck or happening because of bad luck; not lucky synonym unfortunate. He was very unlucky not to win. If you're unlucky enough to get trapped in a lift, remember not to panic. By some unlucky chance, her name was left off the list.
Find 32 different ways to say UNLUCKY, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
Unlucky definition: (of a person) not lucky; lacking good fortune; ill-fated.. See examples of UNLUCKY used in a sentence.
adjective. having or bringing misfortune. “Friday the 13th is an unlucky date”. synonyms: luckless. unfortunate. not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune. hexed, jinxed. (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune. see more.
1. adjective [oft ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] If someone is unlucky, they have bad luck. Owen was unlucky not to score on two occasions. Others were unlucky victims of falling debris. 2. adjective. You can use unlucky to describe unpleasant things which happen to someone, especially when you feel that the person does not deserve them.
unlucky. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English un‧luck‧y /ʌnˈlʌki/ adjective (comparative unluckier, superlative unluckiest) 1 having bad luck → misfortune unlucky to do something Inter Milan were unlucky to lose the match. unlucky with We were unlucky with the weather this weekend.
