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Adjective: unlucky (unluckier,unluckiest)  ,ún'lú-kee
  1. Having or bringing misfortune
    "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date";
    - luckless
     
  2. Marked by or promising bad fortune
    "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons";
    - doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred

Derived forms: unluckier, unluckiest

See also: hexed [N. Amer, informal], jinxed, unfortunate

Antonym: lucky

Encyclopedia: Unlucky

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unlooked-for
unloose
unloosen
unlovable
unloved
unlovely
unloving
unlubricated
unluckily
unluckiness
unlucky
unmade
unmake
unmalicious
unmalleability
unmalleable
unmalted
unman
unmanageable
unmanageableness
unmanageably