unlucky

Definition

  • adjective: having bad luck
  • adjective: marked by adversity or failure
  • synonyms: unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy

Examples

  • He's been 'unlucky in love'. [=he has had a series of bad romantic relationships]

  • She was 'unlucky' enough to get a flat tire on the way to her job interview.

  • He thinks it's 'unlucky' to have a black cat cross your path.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) . . .you three. Ravenclaws, follow me. She's not dead, Argus. She has been Petrified. Thought so. So unlucky l wasn't there. l know exactly the countercurse that could've spared her. But how she has been Petrified, l cannot say. Ask him. (..)
    2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets