Adjective: unlucky (unluckier,unluckiest) ,ún'lú-kee
- Having or bringing misfortune
"Friday the 13th is an unlucky date";
- luckless
- Marked by or promising bad fortune
"the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons";
- doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred
Derived forms: unluckiest, unluckier
See also: hexed [N. Amer, informal], jinxed, unfortunate
Encyclopedia: Unlucky