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luckless

[ luhk-lis ]

adjective

  1. having no luck; unfortunate; hapless; ill-fated; turning out or ending disastrously:

    a luckless venture that ruined many of the investors.



luckless

/ ˈlʌklɪs /

adjective

  1. having no luck; unlucky
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈlucklessness, noun
  • ˈlucklessly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • luckless·ly adverb
  • luckless·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of luckless1

First recorded in 1555–65; luck + -less
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Example Sentences

After the luckless Wood repeatedly passed the edge, it was Woakes who got the crucial wicket of Hodge in an excellent spell late in the day.

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Gathering routine genre elements — the masked predator, the luckless teenage victims, the cabin-in-the-woods setting — Nash subordinates them all to a mood of stunning serenity.

Maybe they had no greater place to be, except at a greater distance from a luckless caravan like ours, led by a man marked for the coming of Cid.

Considering how abysmal her pay is, she figures she’s being taken advantage of as much as these luckless applicants.

Even the occasional rebrand, to aliases including New Jersey Reds and New York Nationals, failed to prevent them from becoming a pop culture synonym for luckless losers.

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