ill-starred

[ il-stahrd ]

adjective

1. doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky:

   an ill-starred enterprise.

2. disastrous:

   an ill-starred marriage.

ill-starred

adjective

1. unlucky; unfortunate; ill-fated

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-starred¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

He chiefly divided his time between the House of Lords and sitting at home, lamenting over his own ill-starred existence.

From Project Gutenberg

The settlement no doubt was influenced by the imminence of a large expansion of policy—the ill-starred Irish expedition.

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These ill-starred men, a prey to a sort of delirium, ran to their huts and gathered up the little that they possessed.

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One of these was the house of Colette; and at his door our ill-starred John was presently beating for admittance.

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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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