ILL-STARRED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

ill-starred

adjective

ˈil-ˈstärd

Definition of ill-starred

as in unhappy

having, prone to, or marked by bad luck an ill-starred attempt to circumnavigate the earth in a balloon

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Adjective

Despite the peace and goodwill following the Hundred Year War, Aang is unhappy and lonesome.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Was this about one of you being really unhappy with the streaming culture of people skipping opening credits?

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 July 2026

Definition of unhappy

Adjective

No, this unfortunate moniker represents the lack of attention to and awareness of the disease.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Typically, when rookies put up gaudy numbers in Las Vegas, their stats are accompanied by unfortunate shooting percentages or a bevy of turnovers, but that wasn’t the case for Burries.

— Eric Nehm, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of unfortunate

Adjective

The luckless Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu were forced to pull out before their first-round matches because of injury, while only four of the 19 home singles players even won a match.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 July 2026
The one in which his tiny team of negotiators surrendered to the radicals ruling that luckless nation.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026

Definition of luckless

Adjective

The movie focuses on a murder of a shepherd unraveled by his flock, which aids a somewhat hapless rural policeman in solving the crime.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 July 2026
The team that has looked mostly hapless at the plate the last two months unloaded eight singles, seven home runs, four doubles, two walks and, on Christmas In July Night at Progressive Field, a partridge in a pear tree.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of hapless

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