unlucky
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Synonyms
hapless, hard-luck, ill-fated, ill-starred, jinxed, luckless, snakebit (or snakebitten), star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy
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On the ground, Abaco was at the time one of the most unlucky, unsafe places in the hemisphere. — Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News, "A storm chaser went silent as Dorian slammed the Bahamas. He emerged with a harrowing story.," 4 Sep. 2019 This was an unlucky doctor who worked in a coastal town with an elderly population. — Hannah Fry, The New Yorker, "What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves," 2 Sep. 2019 Three unlucky Americans seek gold in Mexico, agreeing beforehand to split it equally. — Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 1 - 7, 2019: John Wayne in ‘The Searchers’ and more," 30 Aug. 2019 As for who that unlucky victim may be, many seem to think that all roads lead to Billy. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, ""Stranger Things" 3 Trailer Sparks Theories About a New Villain with a Human Host," 21 June 2019 Lucky for some, unlucky for others as Golden Buzzer winning rapper Joseph Allen, singer Charlotte Summers and Nick & Lindsay were among those eliminated after Tuesday night’s quarters. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "'America's Got Talent' Semi-Finalists Revealed," 22 Aug. 2019 However, Tilley was unlucky in love again, finishing in fifth place, while Fletcher ended as the runner-up. — Christina Dugan, PEOPLE.com, "Former Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher Admits She's 'Blown Away' by Tyler Cameron Dating Gigi Hadid," 8 Aug. 2019 The censorship crackdown, naturally, has battered the bottom lines of several unlucky local film companies — none more so than Huayi Brothers Media, China's longest-running private studio. — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, "China's Tightening Censorship Is Making a Bad Box Office Year Even Worse," 16 July 2019 Abby Wilde as Stacey Dillsen Stacey's a kind, but very unlucky girl. — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "Here's What the Cast of "Zoey 101" Looks Like Now," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unlucky.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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