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unluckiness

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un⋅luck⋅y

  [uhn-luhk-ee]
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–adjective, -luck⋅i⋅er, -luck⋅i⋅est.
1. (of a person) not lucky; lacking good fortune; ill-fated.
2. (of an event or circumstance) inauspicious or characterized by misfortune; ominous.
Origin:
1520–30; un- 1 + lucky

Related forms:
un⋅luck⋅i⋅ly, adverb
un⋅luck⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
hapless, unsuccessful, unfortunate, ill-omened.
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un·luck·y   (ŭn-lŭk'ē)   
adj.   un·luck·i·er, un·luck·i·est

  1. Subjected to or marked by misfortune.

  2. Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious. See Synonyms at unfortunate.

  3. Not producing the desired outcome; disappointing.

un·luck'i·ly adv., un·luck'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

unlucky 
1530, "marked by misfortune or failure," from un- (1) "not" + lucky (see luck). Cf. W.Fris. unlokkich, M.L.G. unluckich. Sense of "boding ill" is recorded from 1547; that of "having bad luck" is from 1552; that of "bringing bad luck" is from 1586.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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