The meaning of Unlucky

adjective

Having or likely to have accidents frequently

Usage examples:

Sleep-deprived kids are more accident-prone.

verb

Have a severely detrimental effect on.

Usage examples:

The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians

noun

A plant disease, typically one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts.

Usage examples:

The vines suffered blight and disease

noun

A thing that spoils or damages something.

Usage examples:

The vacant properties are a blight on the neighbourhood

adjective

(especially of a person) unfortunate.

Usage examples:

The hapless victims of the disaster

adjective

Unlucky

Usage examples:

Hapless victims of the earthquake

adjective

Unlucky or certain to experience failure that cannot be avoided

adjective

→  ill-fated

adjective

Having bad luck; unfortunate.

Usage examples:

An osprey seized the luckless fish with its talons

adjective

Used to describe someone who has a lot of bad luck

Usage examples:

The luckless defender, mark emery, sustained his third injury of the season.

adjective

(of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.

Usage examples:

Their happiness made anne feel even more miserable

adjective

Very unhappy, or causing much unhappiness

Usage examples:

They can make your life miserable if they want to., the forecast is for miserable weather today.

adjective

Deserving or arousing pity.

Usage examples:

Two children in a very pitiful state

adjective

Something described as pitiful is not considered to be satisfactory or deserving of respect

Usage examples:

The party is a pitiful example of an opposition party., i was pitifully ill-informed.

adjective

Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.

Usage examples:

They were too poor to afford a telephone

adjective

Unlucky

Usage examples:

Star-crossed lovers

adjective

Expressing or showing a lack of approval or support.

Usage examples:

Single mothers are often the target of unfavourable press attention

adjective

Not good, and likely to cause problems or prevent success

Usage examples:

Other countries may lure private equity executives offshore if the tax regime in britain became unf…

adjective

Not giving you an advantage or a good chance of success

Usage examples:

Current conditions are very unfavourable for new businesses., we have to be prepared for an unfavou…

adjective

Having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky.

Usage examples:

There'd been an unfortunate accident

noun

A person who suffers bad fortune.

Usage examples:

Those unfortunates whose lives are marred by poverty

adjective

Not happy.

Usage examples:

An unhappy marriage

adjective

Not feeling pleasure or satisfaction

Usage examples:

It was an unhappy time of her life., they were unhappy about their hotel room (= did not like it) a…

adjective

Not successful.

Usage examples:

An unsuccessful attempt to enter parliament

adjective

Not ending in success, or not achieving success

Usage examples:

After writing three unsuccessful plays, miller finally had a hit., howard’s been unsuccessfully loo…

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…