star-crossed 
adjective literary
Thwarted by bad luck: star-crossed lovers...
- ‘The history has been unfortunate but the history of humanity is full of star-crossed lovers who have found life difficult,’ he said.
- Were Heloise and Abelard just another pair of star-crossed lovers, consumed by a passion that was doomed to end in tragedy?
- This classic tale of star-crossed lovers is performed in the open-air with the magnificent backdrop of Titchfield Abbey.
Origin
First used by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet (1597).