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

The last time such personal televised revelations came from a senior royal was Princess Diana’s ill-starred BBC “Panorama” interview.

From Los Angeles Times

There are portents aplenty packed into the hold of the ill-starred ship of the title in “The Last Voyage of the Demeter.”

From Seattle Times

Apollo, Sixth Street and Warburg Pincus are reportedly among the bidders for GreenSky, the specialty lender that Goldman Sachs bought as part of its ill-starred foray into consumer finance.

From New York Times

And he’s currently flexing his tragicomic muscles in “Welcome to Chippendales,” a Hulu limited series based on the surprisingly ill-starred history of the male strip revue that became a cultural sensation in the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times

The toxic legacy is so deep that it’s easy to forget the high purpose that created this ill-starred undertaking in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times