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View usage for: (lʌkləs) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]If you describe someone or something as luckless, you mean that they are unsuccessful or unfortunate. [written] ...the luckless parent of an extremely difficult child. ...the President's luckless tour of the East. Synonyms: unlucky, unfortunate, unsuccessful, hapless More Synonyms of luckless luckless in British English (ˈlʌklɪs) adjectivehaving no luck; unlucky Derived forms lucklessly (ˈlucklessly) adverb lucklessness (ˈlucklessness) noun luckless in American English (ˈlʌklɪs) adjective having no good luck; unlucky Derived forms lucklessly (ˈlucklessly) adverb lucklessness (ˈlucklessness) noun Examples of 'luckless' in a sentenceluckless The third has won since and she can end a luckless run. Definition unfortunate or unlucky the luckless parent of an extremely difficult child Synonyms hopeless jinxed calamitous star-crossed unpropitious Additional synonymsDefinition under a curse The whole family seemed cursed. Synonyms under a curse, damned, doomed, unholy, jinxed, bedevilled, fey (Scottish), excommunicate, star-crossed, accursed, foredoomed, unsanctified, ill-fatedthe recent, disastrous earthquake Synonyms terrible, devastating, tragic, fatal, unfortunate, dreadful, destructive, unlucky, harmful, adverse, dire, catastrophic, detrimental, untoward, ruinous, calamitous, cataclysmic, ill-starred, unpropitious, ill-fated, cataclysmal Definition unlucky the hapless victim struggled helplessly Synonyms unlucky, unfortunate, cursed, unhappy, miserable, jinxed, luckless, wretched, ill-starred, ill-fated- lucid
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Additional synonymsDefinition doomed or unlucky They are now home after their ill-fated trip abroad. Synonyms doomed, unfortunate, unlucky, unhappy, blighted, hapless, luckless, ill-starred, star-crossed, ill-omened Definition very unlucky or unfortunate an ill-starred attempt to create jobs in a deprived area Synonyms doomed, unfortunate, unlucky, unhappy, hapless, inauspicious, star-crossed, ill-omened, ill-fatedDefinition having bad luck charity days to raise money for unfortunate people Synonyms unlucky, poor, unhappy, doomed, cursed, hopeless, unsuccessful, hapless, luckless, out of luck, wretched, star-crossed, unprosperous Definition unfortunate or wretched I have already informed your unhappy father of your expulsion. Synonyms unlucky, unfortunate, hapless, luckless, cursed, wretched, ill-omened, ill-fatedThe unsuccessful competitors left with nothing. Synonyms unlucky, losing, defeated, frustrated, unfortunate, foiled, hapless, balked, luckless, ill-starred |