Synonyms

ill-fated unlucky ill-omened doomed

Examples

"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

Related terms

unfortunate

Synonyms

ill-fated unlucky ill-omened doomed

Examples

"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

Used in print

To try to oppose the general religious and moral conviction of such a majority by a legislative fiat would be to invite the same breakdown of law and order that was occasioned by the ill-starred Prohibition experiment .

In_fact , one of the major reasons for the failure of the ill-starred expedition appears to have been a lack of full information on the extent to which Cuba has been getting this Russian military equipment .

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unfortunate