unlucky

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈlʌki/ See IPA manual

Freq #7165

Meanings

1

adj
Having or bringing bad luck.

Many people think Friday the 13th is an unlucky date.
2

adj
Resulting from bad luck or misfortune.

It was an unlucky accident that no one could have prevented.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having or bringing bad luck. luckless unfortunate

2 adj · resulting from bad luck or... doomed

More fortuneless haplessill-bodingill-fatedill-starredinauspicious infelicitous infortunate misadventurous mischanceful misfortuned

Opposites

lucky

Word family

Forms unluckierunluckiest

Derived forms unluckierunluckiestunluckilyunluckiness

Related forms predict

Appears in

Proverbs (1)

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Lucky at cards, unlucky in love

Etymology

From un- + lucky.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# unlucky

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈlʌki/
**Frequency rank:** 7165

## Meanings
1. Having or bringing bad luck.
2. Resulting from bad luck or misfortune.

## Examples
- Many people think Friday the 13th is an unlucky date.
- It was an unlucky accident that no one could have prevented.

## Synonyms
- fortuneless
- hapless
- ill-boding
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- inauspicious
- infelicitous
- infortunate
- luckless
- misadventurous
- mischanceful
- misfortuned

## Antonyms
- lucky

## Derived Forms
- unluckier
- unluckiest
- unluckily
- unluckiness

## Related Forms
- predict

## Etymology
From un- + lucky.

## AI Etymology
Unlucky is from un- + lucky. The surface analysis is un- + lucky. The prefix un- supplies the negative or reversive element. In present-day use, it can mean having or bringing bad luck, or resulting from bad luck or misfortune. Derived formations include unluckier, unluckiest, unluckily, unluckiness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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