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adjectivehaving no luck; unfortunate; hapless; ill-fated; turning out or ending disastrously: a luckless venture that ruined many of the investors. Origin of lucklessFirst recorded in 1555–65; luck + -less OTHER WORDS FROM lucklessluck·less·ly, adverbluck·less·ness, nounWords nearby lucklessLucius III, luck, luckie, luckily, luck into, luckless, Lucknow, luck of the devil, luck of the draw, luck out, luckpenny Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lucklessWas there ever such a luckless airline as Malaysian Airlines? Twin Disasters Turn 2014 Into the Year of Flying Dangerously|Clive Irving|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Born on July 7—a “luckless birthdate” associated with “many undefinable threats”—Devi seems fated for calamity. This Week’s Hot Reads: May 13, 2013|Mythili Rao, Sarah Stodola|May 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST Does any member of the cheesy celebrity class get caught more often than the luckless Fergie? Fergie's Latest Flameout|Tina Brown|May 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST In every box the only subject of conversation was Genovese's strange behavior, and the luckless manager's speech. Massimilla Doni|Honore de Balzac
He drew breath and began to swear at the luckless youngster again, and I relaxed. The Door Through Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley Chance had made him, chance which had been luckless for Jimmy Montague. Winner Take All|Larry Evans The bit of paper was too clearly a symbol of his own love and luckless existence. The Magic Skin|Honore de Balzac He threw himself on his hands and knees and crawled towards the luckless bomber, Selwyn following. A Lively Bit of the Front|Percy F. Westerman
British Dictionary definitions for lucklessDerived forms of lucklesslucklessly, adverblucklessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lucklessunlucky, doomed, hapless, hopeless, ill-fated, stricken, unfortunate |