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as in unfortunate
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck
the unlucky campers had rain all week I'm so unlucky I don't bother to play the lottery an unlucky throw of the dice
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as in tragic
of a kind to cause great distress
the settlers made the unlucky decision to cross the dangerous mountain pass in the middle of winter
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Recent Examples of unlucky
Monroe was famously unlucky in love.
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Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Sue’s just the only one unlucky enough to have had to die for it.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
But then again, a body of land might be unlucky in its neighbors, just as a person might find oneself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
There's a long-standing superstition that $50 bills are unlucky.
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Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Sue’s just the only one unlucky enough to have had to die for it.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
But then again, a body of land might be unlucky in its neighbors, just as a person might find oneself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
There's a long-standing superstition that $50 bills are unlucky.
—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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As attendees were escorted out of the Great American State Fair on Sunday because of inclement weather, guests noticed an unfortunate typo displayed on a digital billboard at the National Mall.
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They should be trained not to ask a bunch of questions about the medical condition, express doubt, comment that the timing is unfortunate or share private information with co-workers.
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Kara isn’t the only superhero with a tragic origin story – but unlike, say, that guy who dresses up as a bat and fights crime after the deaths of his mom and dad, Kara hits up a dive bar and plays with her dog to cope.
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Following the tragic incident, Aiden has been remembered for his kindness and intense drive.
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Isdin Melatonik If traditional retinoids have left your sensitive skin unhappy, Isdin's Melatonik Recovery Night Serum offers a gentler approach with bakuchiol.
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Brown and the Celtics have both since denied speculation that the 29-year-old second-team All-NBA selection was unhappy with his role in Boston.
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The one in which his tiny team of negotiators surrendered to the radicals ruling that luckless nation.
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Any one of those locations could have allowed the heat of reentry to burn through the aluminum alloy walls of the spacecraft, killing any luckless crew that may have been inside, in much the kind of reentry breakup that doomed the shuttle Columbia and its seven-person crew in 2003.
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“Unlucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlucky. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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