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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

/ ˈ±ôʌ°ì±ôɪ²õ /

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

  • ˈ±ô³Ü³Š°ì±ô±ð²õ²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ±ô³Ü³Š°ì±ô±ð²õ²õ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô³Ü³Š°ìl±ð²õ²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ±ô³Ü³Š°ìl±ð²õ²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of luckless1

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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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