luckless

/'lʌklis/

Thân thiện

Friday the 13th is considered a luckless day.

Definition

Adjective: Unfortunate; having or experiencing bad luck; marked by a lack of good fortune.

Usage

The adjective "luckless" describes a person, situation, or endeavor that is characterized by misfortune or a consistent absence of good luck. It is a formal or literary synonym for "unlucky."

Examples

• The luckless explorer lost his map and compass on the first day of the journey.
• It was another luckless season for the team, which failed to win a single game.
• She made a luckless investment and lost all her savings.

Advanced Usage

• "Luckless in love": A common phrase describing someone who repeatedly experiences failure or disappointment in romantic relationships.
  • He considered himself luckless in love, having been through several difficult breakups.

Variants and Related Words

• Lucklessly (adverb): In an unlucky manner.
  • The search lucklessly continued for weeks with no results.
• Lucklessness (noun): The state or quality of being unlucky.
  • A sense of profound lucklessness seemed to follow him everywhere.

Synonyms

• Unfortunate
• Unlucky
• Ill-fated
• Hapless
• Jinxed

Antonyms

• Lucky
• Fortunate
• Blessed
• Auspicious

Idioms and Phrases

• A luckless wretch: A literary or dramatic term for a very unfortunate person.
  • The novel's protagonist is a luckless wretch who faces one tragedy after another.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having or bringing misfortune
   • Friday the 13th is an unlucky date

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unlucky