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luckless

/luhk-lis/US // ˈlʌk lɪs //UK // (ˈlʌklɪs) //

无缘无故,无缘无故的,无缘无故地,无缘无故的幸运

Related Words

unlucky不吉利的,倒霉的,不吉利,晦气doomed注定的,命中注定,命中注定的,注定hapless拙劣的,蹩脚的,拙劣,蹩脚hopeless无可救药,没救了,无可救药的,无望的ill-fated命运多舛,命运多舛的,命途多舛,命运多舛的人stricken被击倒,被击倒的,被害,被击垮unfortunate不幸的是,不幸的,遗憾的是,可惜的是

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having no luck; unfortunate; hapless; ill-fated; turning out or ending disastrously: a luckless venture that ruined many of the investors.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.cursed
Synonyms
unlucky不吉利的,倒霉的,不吉利,晦气doomed注定的,命中注定,命中注定的,注定hapless拙劣的,蹩脚的,拙劣,蹩脚hopeless无可救药,没救了,无可救药的,无望的ill-fated命运多舛,命运多舛的,命途多舛,命运多舛的人stricken被击倒,被击倒的,被害,被击垮unfortunate不幸的是,不幸的,遗憾的是,可惜的是

Examples

  • Was there ever such a luckless airline as Malaysian Airlines?

  • Born on July 7—a “luckless birthdate” associated with “many undefinable threats”—Devi seems fated for calamity.

  • Does any member of the cheesy celebrity class get caught more often than the luckless Fergie?

  • Would it have been restored, had the luckless speculator himself remained?

  • Hard was the struggle & therein waxed Hakon luckless; men fought from the prows and sterns, as the custom was in those times.

  • The luckless orphan, anxious to avoid the terrible doom that was threatening him, rushed away in an opposite direction.

  • A ladder was quickly procured, and the luckless orphan very shortly found himself a prisoner.

  • Suddenly the mule, we know not from what cause, bolted from underneath, leaving the luckless orphan suspended.

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