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Definition of Unlucky

Unlucky

  1. Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.
  2. Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.
  3. Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag.

Unlucky Quotations

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.
Samuel Butler

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game.
Duffy Daugherty

I'm one of those unlucky people who had a happy childhood.
Jonathan Coe

But there's no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky.
Jamie Redknapp
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Unlucky Translations

unlucky in French is malchanceux, malheureuxse
unlucky in Italian is disgraziato, infelice
unlucky in Latin is infortunatus
unlucky in Spanish is desastrado
unlucky in Swedish is oturliga, olycklig

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