Synonyms for unLucky
ʌnˈlʌk iun·luck·y

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1. unlucky

   Synonyms:
   broken, crushed, fallen, ill-starred, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy, woful, wretched

   Antonyms:
   favored, fortunate, happy, lucky, prospered, prosperous, successful

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1. unlucky, lucklessadjective

   having or bringing misfortune

   "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"

   Synonyms:
   doomed, ill-omened, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, unlucky

   Antonyms:
   serendipitous, apotropaic, fortunate, lucky, hot

2. doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unluckyadjective

   marked by or promising bad fortune

   "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott

   Synonyms:
   doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, unlucky, damned, unsaved, fated, unredeemed, cursed, luckless, ill-starred

   Antonyms:
   apotropaic, serendipitous, fortunate, lucky, hot

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1. unluckyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfortunate, unsuccessful, luckless, ill-starred

2. unluckyadjective

   Synonyms:
   inauspicious, ill-omened

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1. unluckyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfortunate, luckless, ill-starred, unhappy, untoward

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1. List of paraphrases for "unlucky":

   unfortunate, unhappy, miserable

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How to use unLucky in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   It certainly seems to be unlucky to attack me.

2. Ryder Cup:

   You can wrap yourself up in cotton wool for the rest of your life if you want but having a little kickaround with your mates, I would have said 999 times out of 1,000 you are good, he got unlucky, it was just one of those situations that's caught him out. It was a freak accident but accidents happen.

3. Brendan Shiller:

   He was the unlucky guy who happened to be the last one running from the scene, if he was shot in the back, that's unreasonable. If he was shot in the back and didn't have a gun, that's even more unreasonable.

4. Butler:

   Man is supreme lord and master Of his own ruin and disaster, Controls his fate, but nothing less In ordering his own happiness: For all his care and providence Is too feeble a defence To render it secure and certain Against the injuries of Fortune; And oft, in spite of all his wit, Is lost by one unlucky hit, And ruined with a circumstance, And mere punctilio of a chance.

5. Garman Martin:

   I was unlucky. I don't even remember how I went down. I touched the rear wheel of the rider in front of me (Coquard) but it's the Tour, luck and bad luck are always close.