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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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Unlucky

Un*luck"y\, a. 1. Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

Note: This word is properly applied to incidents in which failure results from chance or fortuity, as in games of hazard, rather than from lack or feebleness of effort.

2. Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.

Haunt me not with that unlucky face. --Dryden.

3. Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : unlucky
Spanish: desafortunado, que tiene mala suerte,
German: unglücklich, Pech haben,
Japanese: 不運な
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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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