Hard-luck
Hard-luck adjective - Having, prone to, or marked by bad luck.
Usage example: a hard-luck ball club that never could get the breaks it needed
Ill-starred and hard-luck are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ill-starred" instead an adjective phrase "Hard-luck".
Ill-starred
Ill-starred adjective - Having, prone to, or marked by bad luck.
Usage example: an ill-starred attempt to circumnavigate the earth in a balloon
Hard-luck and ill-starred are semantically related. You can use "Hard-luck" instead an adjective phrase "Ill-starred".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unfortunate and hard-luck
- unfortunate and ill-starred
- inauspicious and hard-luck
- inauspicious and ill-starred
- unhappy and hard-luck
- unhappy and ill-starred
- untoward and hard-luck
- untoward and ill-starred
- disastrous and hard-luck
- disastrous and ill-starred
- calamitous and hard-luck
- calamitous and ill-starred
- tragic and hard-luck
- tragic and ill-starred
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