as in unfortunate
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck
the ill-fated trip ended in disaster for all
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Recent Examples of ill-fated
This quickly proves to be ill-fated when Red Feather and his men kill the scouts in a surprise attack, leaving only one survivor who later points them in Red Feather’s direction.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
This quickly proves to be ill-fated when Red Feather and his men kill the scouts in a surprise attack, leaving only one survivor who later points them in Red Feather’s direction.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Recent offseason activity saw the narrative be about who was leaving the Boston Red Sox – Mookie Betts in the ill-fated traded to the Dodgers after 2019, Xander Bogaerts signing with the Padres after 2021 and the trade of Chris Sale to the Braves nearly a year ago.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
British broadcasters rarely adapt successful U.S. network shows and previous attempts have been ill-fated.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
When the runners bolted on Profar’s fly out to right, Mike Yastrzemski made an aggressive and ill-fated attempt to nab the lead runner at third.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
Her campaign in 2019 was a transparent and ill-fated attempt to co-opt the Bernie Sanders wing of the party rather than offer something new.
—Jay Cost, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
The changes are a departure from the solo anchor format that has been a standard feature of CBS Evening News throughout its history, save for a brief and ill-fated effort to pair Connie Chung with Dan Rather in the 1990s.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
The platform underscores how DeSantis has helped mold modern Republican ideology, despite GOP voters’ rejection of his bitter and ill-fated primary challenge of Trump.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
This quickly proves to be ill-fated when Red Feather and his men kill the scouts in a surprise attack, leaving only one survivor who later points them in Red Feather’s direction.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Recent offseason activity saw the narrative be about who was leaving the Boston Red Sox – Mookie Betts in the ill-fated traded to the Dodgers after 2019, Xander Bogaerts signing with the Padres after 2021 and the trade of Chris Sale to the Braves nearly a year ago.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
British broadcasters rarely adapt successful U.S. network shows and previous attempts have been ill-fated.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
When the runners bolted on Profar’s fly out to right, Mike Yastrzemski made an aggressive and ill-fated attempt to nab the lead runner at third.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
Her campaign in 2019 was a transparent and ill-fated attempt to co-opt the Bernie Sanders wing of the party rather than offer something new.
—Jay Cost, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
The changes are a departure from the solo anchor format that has been a standard feature of CBS Evening News throughout its history, save for a brief and ill-fated effort to pair Connie Chung with Dan Rather in the 1990s.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
The platform underscores how DeSantis has helped mold modern Republican ideology, despite GOP voters’ rejection of his bitter and ill-fated primary challenge of Trump.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-fated
Adjective
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In 2022, Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff, who presided over both trials, decided The Times was not liable for defamation while jurors were deliberating, that the error amounted to unfortunate editorializing but not libel.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Such a difficult call really spotlighted for the first time how tough a situation he has been left in by Eddie Howe’s unfortunate absence (due to pneumonia).—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Particularly now that Americans are unhappy with the state of economy.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Some 59% of voters are unhappy with how things are going in the country.—
Dana Blanton,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But what could have been a disastrous situation from the jump has the looks of becoming a positive for Báez and the Tigers.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Apple had seemed to resolve this with its Private Cloud Compute, but then its disastrous Apple Intelligence delays made all that somewhat academic for the time being at least.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Ill-fated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-fated. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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