unlucky

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

unlucky
    adj 1: having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an
           unlucky date" [syn: {unlucky}, {luckless}] [ant: {lucky}]
    2: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture
       was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture";
       "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put
       in irons"- W.H.Prescott [syn: {doomed}, {ill-fated}, {ill-
       omened}, {ill-starred}, {unlucky}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Unlucky \Un*luck"y\, a.
   1. Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated;
      unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an
      unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.
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   Note: This word is properly applied to incidents in which
         failure results from chance or fortuity, as in games of
         hazard, rather than from lack or feebleness of effort.
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   2. Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.
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            Haunt me not with that unlucky face.  --Dryden.
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   3. Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag. [Colloq.]
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