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Unlucky

//ʌnˈlʌki// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    Inauspicious.
  3. 3
    Having ill luck.
  4. 4
    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 eikosioctophobia respectively."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by or promising bad fortune wordnet
  2. 2
    having or bringing misfortune wordnet

Etymology

From un- + lucky.

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