ill-fat·ed

[il-fey-tid]
adjective
1.
destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
2.
bringing bad fortune.

Origin:
1700–10


1. doomed, hapless, ill-starred, jinxed.
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ill-fated
 
adj
doomed or unlucky: an ill-fated marriage

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Ill-fated is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example sentences
For years controversy reigned as to the location of the ill-fated ship.
These characters are ill-fated and filled with foreboding.
The troll squashes an ill-fated automobile in his left hand.
His dream of a meat packing empire proved ill-fated, but the town he founded
  survived.
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