ill-starred

Adjective
Synonyms: doomedill-fatedill-omenedunlucky

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Adjective (1)

  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”Synonyms: doomedill-fatedill-omenedunluckyOpposite fortunateSimilar unfortunate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ill′-starred′ adjective

Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day. Syn. — ill-fated, ill-omened, unlucky.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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