luckless

adjective

Definition of lucklessnext
as in unfortunate
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck a luckless team with the worst record in the league

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luckless
  1. unfortunate
  2. unhappy
  3. hapless
Adjective
  • But there’s an unfortunate tendency to put the demands of the story ahead of the characters, leading to rash decisions on their part that don’t entirely track.
    Stephen Saito, Variety, 31 Dec. 2024
  • There is a solid chance that a cure urged by AI could reflect an unfortunate AI hallucination.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of unfortunate
Adjective
  • In 2018, Butler was months away from potentially becoming a free agent (as is the case now) and was unhappy with the Timberwolves (as is the case now, just with the Heat).
    Tim Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • That’s a sure sign coaches are unhappy with aspects of a player’s performance.
    Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of unhappy
Adjective
  • Feathers is a mute who serves as an intimidating antagonist, far more cunning than the hapless Wallace, but the intellectual equal to Gromit.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Colin Farrell does career-best work as a hapless Irishman who discovers that his best friend, played by Brendan Gleeson, doesn’t want to talk to him anymore.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of hapless
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Thesaurus Entries Near luckless

lucking (out, on, onto, or into)

luckless

luck (out, on, onto, or into)

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