- luckless
- adjective see luck I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
luckless
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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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
luckless — index ominous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
luckless — (adj.) 1560s, from LUCK (Cf. luck) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Lucklessly; lucklessness … Etymology dictionary
luckless — *unlucky, disastrous, ill starred, ill fated, unfortunate, calamitous, hapless Analogous words: unhappy, infelicitous (see UNFIT): *miserable, wretched … New Dictionary of Synonyms
luckless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unfortunate … English terms dictionary
luckless — [luk′lis] adj. having no good luck; unlucky lucklessly adv. lucklessness n … English World dictionary
luckless — [[t]lʌ̱kləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe someone or something as luckless, you mean that they are unsuccessful or unfortunate. [LITERARY] ...the luckless parent of an extremely difficult child. ...the President s luckless tour of… … English dictionary
luckless — lucklessly, adv. lucklessness, n. /luk lis/, adj. having no luck; unfortunate; hapless; ill fated; turning out or ending disastrously: a luckless venture that ruined many of the investors. [1555 65; LUCK + LESS] * * * … Universalium
luckless — adjective a) Unsuccessful, in a failing manner. The search party returned dejected from the luckless search. b) Without luck … Wiktionary
luckless — luck|less [ˈlʌkləs] adj literary having no luck in something you are trying to do = ↑unfortunate ▪ He died in the desert like so many other luckless explorers … Dictionary of contemporary English
luckless — adjective literary having no luck in something you are trying to do: He died in the desert like so many other luckless explorers … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
