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[syn: unlucky, luckless]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
luckless
adj 1: having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an
unlucky date" [syn: unlucky, luckless] [ant: lucky]
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