unlucky

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having or bringing misfortune

   Friday the 13th is an unlucky date

2. 2
   adj

   Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.

   I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.

3. 3
   adj

   Bringing ill luck.

   Country like Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar, people who follows Hindu religion, they consider the numbers 0, 1, 8, 10, 12, 19 and 28 as unlucky numbers, bad luck or evil spirits etc. These numbers are called oudenophobia, henophobia, octophobia, decaphobia, dodecaphobia, enneadecaphobia and eikosioctophobia respectively.

4. 4
   adj

   marked by or promising bad fortune

5. 5
   adj

   Inauspicious.

6. 6
   adj

   Having ill luck.

Etymology

From un- + lucky.