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These are words and phrases related to luckless. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of luckless.

HAVING BAD THINGS HAPPEN BY CHANCE


The luckless council member was caught in the middle of three major ethics investigations of her colleagues.

Synonyms and examples


unlucky
She is one of the unluckiest people I've ever met.
unfortunate
The unfortunate souls who were lost during the voyage were commemorated once the ship reached port.
hapless
He's always been a hapless, helpless bumbler.
star-crossed
literary
Behold the tale of two star-crossed lovers, doomed to spend their lives apart.
ill-fated
literary
The film was about an ill-fated adventurer trying to make a solo trek across Antarctica.
jinxed
All of her marriages have ended in the death of her spouse. She's jinxed, I tell you.
cursed
Every time I try to renew my driving licence, the office is closed unexpectedly. I'm cursed!
in the wrong place at the wrong time
The accident wasn't his fault at all - he was following all the traffic rules. He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
draw/get the short straw
informal
"Who's cleaning up after the dog?" "Boo, looks like I drew the short straw."
get the short end of the stick
US and Australian English
I didn't want to work on a holiday weekend, but I always get the short end of the stick.

Antonyms and examples


lucky
How lucky do you have to be to win three raffles in a row?
in the right place at the right time
I didn't do anything special to get the job. Just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
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literary
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literary
tough
informal
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If you are unlucky, bad things happen to you by chance. If something, such as an event or a result, is unlucky, it results in bad things happening by chance.

luckless | American Thesaurus


luckless


adjective
These are words and phrases related to luckless. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of luckless.

UNFORTUNATE


Synonyms


unfortunate
unlucky
ill-starred
hapless
unhappy
ill-fated
infelicitous
cursed
unsuccessful
unblest
jinxed
unprosperous
regrettable
wretched
sorry
disastrous
woeful
ill-advised
unfavorable
unpropitious
inopportune
untimely
ill-timed
inauspicious

Antonyms


fortunate
lucky
happy
felicitous
successful
propitious
opportune
timely
auspicious

UNHAPPY


Synonyms


unhappy
unfortunate
hapless
unsuccessful
unwise
imprudent
foolish
injudicious
ill-advised
regrettable
sorry
infelicitous
adverse
poor
bad
unlucky
inappropriate
inapt
unsuitable
awkward
unseemly
unbecoming
unbefitting

Antonyms


fortunate
successful
wise
prudent
smart
shrewd
good
fine
wonderful
lucky
blessed
favorable
appropriate
apt
suitable
seemly
becoming
correct
befitting

HAPLESS


Synonyms


hapless
unlucky
unfortunate
jinxed
ill-starred
ill-fated
star-crossed
unhappy
forlorn
hopeless
miserable
wretched
woeful
cursed
accursed
rotten
Slang
lousy
Slang
no-good
Slang

Antonyms


happy
fortunate
lucky
blessed
charmed

UNSUCCESSFUL


Synonyms


unsuccessful
unlucky
hapless
unfortunate
ill-starred
unprosperous
thwarted
foiled
baffled
poor
moneyless
penniless
strapped
hard up
badly off
profitless
unprofitable
unremunerative

Antonyms


lucky
fortunate
prosperous
thriving
flourishing
rich
wealthy
well-to-do
well-off
affluent
profitable
remunerative

DOOMED


Synonyms


doomed
cursed
accursed
hopeless
damned
bewitched
condemned
ill-fated
ill-omened
ruined
sunk
suppressed
wrecked

ILL-FATED


Synonyms


ill-fated
unfortunate
doomed to disaster
ill-omened
ill-starred
doomed
blighted
unlucky
hapless
destined to end unhappily
jinxed
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