as in unfortunate
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck
the ill-fated trip ended in disaster for all
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Recent Examples of ill-fated
British broadcasters rarely adapt successful U.S. network shows and previous attempts have been ill-fated.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
When the runners bolted on Profar’s fly out to right, Mike Yastrzemski made an aggressive and ill-fated attempt to nab the lead runner at third.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
Her campaign in 2019 was a transparent and ill-fated attempt to co-opt the Bernie Sanders wing of the party rather than offer something new.
—Jay Cost, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
The changes are a departure from the solo anchor format that has been a standard feature of CBS Evening News throughout its history, save for a brief and ill-fated effort to pair Connie Chung with Dan Rather in the 1990s.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
The platform underscores how DeSantis has helped mold modern Republican ideology, despite GOP voters’ rejection of his bitter and ill-fated primary challenge of Trump.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
Even hiking the prices on the popular but ill-fated promotion couldn’t bandage the wound.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 May 2024
Their journey might seem ill-fated, though a slim possibility of finding the treasure always remains.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
Even in California’s Central Valley, there are reports of growing enthusiasm that what has been an ill-fated, wildly over budget high-speed rail project might actually come to fruition in six years.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
When the runners bolted on Profar’s fly out to right, Mike Yastrzemski made an aggressive and ill-fated attempt to nab the lead runner at third.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
Her campaign in 2019 was a transparent and ill-fated attempt to co-opt the Bernie Sanders wing of the party rather than offer something new.
—Jay Cost, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
The changes are a departure from the solo anchor format that has been a standard feature of CBS Evening News throughout its history, save for a brief and ill-fated effort to pair Connie Chung with Dan Rather in the 1990s.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
The platform underscores how DeSantis has helped mold modern Republican ideology, despite GOP voters’ rejection of his bitter and ill-fated primary challenge of Trump.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
Even hiking the prices on the popular but ill-fated promotion couldn’t bandage the wound.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 May 2024
Their journey might seem ill-fated, though a slim possibility of finding the treasure always remains.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
Even in California’s Central Valley, there are reports of growing enthusiasm that what has been an ill-fated, wildly over budget high-speed rail project might actually come to fruition in six years.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-fated
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Absentees from injury are unfortunate, suspensions less so.Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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The unfortunate trend is certainly concerning for a Lions team that is hoping to make a deep playoff run.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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Cronin — who had to cancel some summer shows this year due to unspecified health issues — further acknowledges that there’s acrimony between he and Hall, and he’s been unhappy with some of the social media discourse blaming him for the end of the REO Speedwagon name.Gary Graff, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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But the film’s poisonous reviews and disastrous box office all but torpedoed her Oscar hopes this year, and the film was shut out in Monday’s Globe nominations.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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While Norris and Piastri scored points regularly, Red Bull’s defense of its title was hampered by Sergio Perez’s disastrous form, with the Mexican’s last podium coming in the sprint race in Miami.Dan Cancian, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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