unchancy

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unchancy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unchancy \Un*chan"cy\, a. [Pref un- + Scot. chancy fortunate,
     safe.]
     1. Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient. --A.
        Trollope.
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     2. Ill-fated; unlucky. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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     3. Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous. [Scot.]
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