ill-starred 
adjective
Destined to fail or have many difficulties; unlucky: an ill-starred expedition...
- During his ultimately ill-starred tenure in Manchester, Brandon's only achievement of note was taking Britain's best-supported side to the play-off semi-finals.
- Well, you have to remember that a lot of the important independent investigations that have been carried out were carried out by people not appointed under that ill-starred statute.
- In film, theatre and music, lovers are ill-starred because parents object, someone is married to someone else, etc. - in short, because they are prevented from being together.
Synonyms
ill-fated, doomed, blighted, ill-omened, foredoomed, infelicitous;
unlucky, unfortunate, hapless, luckless, bedevilled, damned;
inauspicious, unpropitious, unpromising, ominous
informal jinxed
literary star-crossed
