luckless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for luckless
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • Particularly now that Americans are unhappy with the state of economy.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Some 59% of voters are unhappy with how things are going in the country.
    Dana Blanton, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The problem for the hapless Rockies was that the Reds hit three homers to the Rockies’ two.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The feds then demanded more and Armstrong is now gone, with hapless Columbia on its fourth president in less than two years.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Luckless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luckless. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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