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unlucky |
Overview of adj unlucky The adj unlucky has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) unlucky, luckless -- (having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date") 2. doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky -- (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) Antonyms of adj unlucky 2 senses of unlucky Sense 1 unlucky (vs. lucky), luckless lucky (vs. unlucky) => apotropaic => hot => serendipitous Sense 2 doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky INDIRECT (VIA unfortunate) -> fortunate Similarity of adj unlucky 2 senses of unlucky Sense 1 unlucky (vs. lucky), luckless => hexed, jinxed Also See-> unfortunate#1 Sense 2 doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky => unfortunate (vs. fortunate) Attributes of adj unlucky Familiarity of adj unlucky unlucky used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj unlucky unlucky Overview of adj unlucky The adj unlucky has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) unlucky, luckless -- (having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date") 2. doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky -- (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)
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