unlucky
adjective
[ ʌnˈlʌki ]
• having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck.
• "an unlucky defeat"
Similar:
unfortunate,
luckless,
out of luck,
down on one's luck,
hapless,
ill-fated,
ill-starred,
star-crossed,
blighted,
unhappy,
unsuccessful,
wretched,
miserable,
poor,
pitiful,
accident-prone,
unfavourable,
unpromising,
inauspicious,
unpropitious,
ominous,
doomed,
jinxed,
damned,
cursed,
ill-omened,
bringing bad luck,
adverse,
disadvantageous,
detrimental,
deleterious,
ruinous,
bad luck
• used to express sympathy or commiserations.
• "bad luck, Dora—perhaps you hit the ball a little too hard?"
