luckless

3 definitions found

luckless - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Luckless \Luck"less\, a.
     Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky;
     meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless
     gamester; a luckless maid.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. --Dryden.
     -- Luck"less*ly, adv. -- Lock"less*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

luckless - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  luckless
      adj 1: having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an
             unlucky date" [syn: unlucky, luckless] [ant: lucky]

luckless - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "luckless":
     badly off, depressed, dire, donsie, doomful, evil-starred, fatal,
     fortuneless, funest, hapless, ill off, ill-fated, ill-starred,
     in adverse circumstances, inauspicious, miserable, ominous,
     out of luck, planet-struck, sad, short of luck, star-crossed,
     unblessed, underprivileged, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky,
     unprosperous, unprovidential, untoward, wretched