Synonyms for unlucky
ʌnˈlʌk iun·luck·y

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1. unlucky

   Synonyms:
   broken, crushed, fallen, ill-starred, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy, woful, wretched

   Antonyms:
   favored, fortunate, happy, lucky, prospered, prosperous, successful

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1. unlucky, lucklessadjective

   having or bringing misfortune

   "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"

   Synonyms:
   doomed, ill-omened, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless

   Antonyms:
   serendipitous, apotropaic, fortunate, lucky, hot

2. doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unluckyadjective

   marked by or promising bad fortune

   "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott

   Synonyms:
   doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, damned, unsaved, fated, unredeemed, cursed, luckless, ill-starred

   Antonyms:
   apotropaic, serendipitous, fortunate, lucky, hot

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1. unluckyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfortunate, unsuccessful, luckless, ill-starred

2. unluckyadjective

   Synonyms:
   inauspicious, ill-omened

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1. unluckyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfortunate, luckless, ill-starred, unhappy, untoward

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1. List of paraphrases for "unlucky":

   unfortunate, unhappy, miserable

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1. Simon Boag:

   This guy was just unlucky.

2. Robert Loeb:

   The court's decision effectively closes the federal courts to many prisoners with extremely serious constitutional ineffective trial counsel claims simply because they were unlucky enough to have incompetent lawyers at every stage of state court proceedings.

3. Rothschild:

   Never have anything to do with an unlucky place, or an unlucky man. I have seen many clever men, very clever men, who had not shoes to their feet. I never act with them. Their advice sounds very well, but they cannot get on themselves; and if they cannot do good to themselves, how can they do good for me?

4. Harry Kane:

   We are so unlucky not to go through in 90 minutes, no one laid on the floor and we stood there when it counted. It was a big night for England.

5. Filippo Ganna:

   When I see the puncture, I think,' Ah, today unlucky, I lose the race', i changed the bike really well, really fast, like a Formula One race, and then when I crossed the line I think, ‘ OK, now will win Cavagna, ’ because he’s a really good rider, really good time trial.