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ill-starred
[ il-stahrd ]
adjective
- doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky:
an ill-starred enterprise.
- disastrous:
an ill-starred marriage.
ill-starred
adjective
- unlucky; unfortunate; ill-fated
Word History and Origins
Origin of ill-starred1
Example Sentences
He chiefly divided his time between the House of Lords and sitting at home, lamenting over his own ill-starred existence.
The settlement no doubt was influenced by the imminence of a large expansion of policy—the ill-starred Irish expedition.
These ill-starred men, a prey to a sort of delirium, ran to their huts and gathered up the little that they possessed.
One of these was the house of Colette; and at his door our ill-starred John was presently beating for admittance.
They knew that it meant harder fighting than he supposed, and they dreaded a repetition of his earlier ill-starred risings.
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