Luckless

Word LUCKLESS
Character 8
Hyphenation luck less
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Luckless"

What do we mean by luckless?

Having or marked by a lack of good fortune; unlucky. synonym: unfortunate. adjective

Having no luck; suffering mischance; unlucky; unsuccessful: as, a luckless gamester.

Unattended by luck; bringing or marked by ill luck or misfortune; unfortunate: unfavorable : as, a luckless adventure.

Synonyms Unlucky, ill-starred, ill-fated.

Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune adjective

Unsuccessful, in a failing manner. adjective

Without luck. adjective

Having or bringing misfortune adjective

Unsuccessful, in a failing manner.

Without luck.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Luckless

The word "luckless" in example sentences

If they are going to match their achievement in Germany in 2006, that so called luckless streak is going to have to come to an end in Nelspruit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

  (Suddenly, I wonder if the word "luckless" was the outcome of a thesaurus search rather than a moment of inspiration.)  Moreover, if it's a matter of "hap" or "luck," why warn someone about what cannot be averted or foreseen? ❋ Unknown (2010)

 Some copy writer in the park service waxed poetic and referred to the people who are pulled out to sea never to be seen again as "luckless" (or "hapless," I can't remember now), as if the sleeper wave were a particularly horrific agent of fate, which I guess it is. ❋ Unknown (2010)

 But of course it's like those emblems of "luckless" people — it shows the carin betweenbeing on the road and flipping over (and over and over). ❋ Unknown (2010)

I can easily imagine the story of "luckless" Carol trying to keep poor "Lucky" on the right side of the dirt. ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

The "luckless" farmer simply did not _perceive_ the indications of wealth under his plodding feet; or, if he saw signs of oil, he did not realize that they _denoted_ the possibility of millions. ❋ Norval A. Hawkins (N/A)

She survived well enough to give of herself four more seasons among luckless kinfolk who every one drank greedily the blood she squeezed and felt the cracked lips of dry times less. ❋ Justin Hamm (2011)

But neither is it so lightweight that you might be embarrassed to carry it onto a beach even here in New Jersey, the proud home of Boardwalk attractions such as the Shoot the Geek concession stand that lets you fire paintballs at a luckless teenager dressed like a terrorist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And the press would pile on, painting a picture of a luckless, incapacitated campaign, powerless to avoid its approaching doom. ❋ Anonymous (2011)

“It has long been the luckless fate of Virginia,” John Kirkpatrick agreed with Washington from Alexandria, “to fall a victim to the views of crafty neighbours.” ❋ David A. Clary (2011)

Brown has been a warrior of a centre-half but he has been a player on the wane for some time, a man who has drifted to the edges of his club now he has reached a point in his career when the luckless run of injuries he suffered in his pomp have begun to affect his mobility. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The luckless Sandro tore a calf muscle and, according to Redknapp, will be a long-term casualty, and William Gallas damaged the same muscle and "didn't look very good". ❋ Unknown (2012)

And the subject of the script leads to the luckless director who had to stage it, Kenneth Branagh. ❋ Joe Morgenstern (2011)

Up to now, the birds have cowered alone cherishing the ridiculous fantasy that the hawk will come only for their luckless neighbors, leaving them unharmed. ❋ Nigel Barber (2010)

In Mr. Lindsay-Abaire's America, success is purely a matter of luck, and virtue inheres solely in those who are luckless. ❋ Terry Teachout (2011)

While 19th century viewers of the original stereograph for Reaching for the Out of Reach #9 may have enjoyed the dramatic image of luckless passengers shipwrecked on the shores of Massachusetts, it's hard to imagine they would be similarly amused by the sad Victorian-looking characters stranded atop coffee bales and beneath umbrellas while the crippled ship looms like a set piece from some 3D Tim Burton film. ❋ The New York Public Library (2012)

When I was a kid, my own Irish-American mother was a terrible cook, so I would dutifully eat the remains of whatever luckless animal she'd just burned to a crisp, puke it up and then run down the street to Richie Giardinelli's house, where his mother was always baking ziti or cooking up a fresh pot of meatballs or making manicotti. ❋ Joe Queenan (2012)

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