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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by or promising bad fortune;
- Example: "their business venture was doomed from the start"
- Example: "an ill-fated business venture"
- Example: "an ill-starred romance"
- Example: "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott
[syn: doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ill-starred \Ill"-starred`\, a.
   Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or
   day.

   Syn: ill-fated, ill-omened, unlucky.
        [1913 Webster WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ill-starred
    adj 1: 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]