luckless

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

luckless
    adj 1: having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an
           unlucky date" [syn: {unlucky}, {luckless}] [ant: {lucky}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Luckless \Luck"less\, a.
   Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky;
   meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless
   gamester; a luckless maid.
   [1913 Webster]

         Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. --Dryden.
   -- {Luck"less*ly}, adv. -- {Lock"less*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "luckless":
      badly off, depressed, dire, donsie, doomful, evil-starred, fatal,
      fortuneless, funest, hapless, ill off, ill-fated, ill-starred,
      in adverse circumstances, inauspicious, miserable, ominous,
      out of luck, planet-struck, sad, short of luck, star-crossed,
      unblessed, underprivileged, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky,
      unprosperous, unprovidential, untoward, wretched

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