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unlucky
(encz) | unlucky,nešťastný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Unlucky
(gcide) | 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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unlucky
(wn) | 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] |
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Unlucky
(gcide) | 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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