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adj. VERBS be, prove, seem, sound | become | consider sb/sth, regard sb/sth as, think sb/sth The number thirteen is traditionally considered unlucky. ADV. dead, desperately, extremely, very She was desperately unlucky to fall as badly as she did. | a bit, a little PREP. for a date that is unlucky for that family | with She has been very unlucky with injuries this year.
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unlucky
having bad luck, or causing bad luck:
• Matthews played well and was unlucky not to score. • Thirteen is an unlucky number. • We were unlucky with the weather. It rained almost every day.
unfortunate
unlucky because something bad happens to you that you do not deserve. Unfortunate sounds rather formal and is used mainly in writing:
• He was very unfortunate to lose his job just after his wife had a baby. • the unfortunate victims of crime
be/bring bad luck
if something is bad luck or brings bad luck, it is believed to make bad things happen:
• It’s supposed to be bad luck to walk under a ladder. • Crows were thought to bring bad luck.
jinxed
if something is jinxed, it seems to bring bad luck to everyone who is connected with it. If a person is jinxed, a lot of bad things happen to them and they seem very unlucky:
• I’m beginning to think this house is jinxed. • Some people believed the family was jinxed.
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