Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: unlucky
IPA transcription: [ənl'ʌki]
Pronunciations of unlucky
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: unlucky, luckless
    Meaning: having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"
Usage examples
  • Never tell me that Friday isn't unlucky."
  • Oh, that I could learn to bridle my unlucky tongue!
  • I have dreamed that the unlucky Englishman was dead.
  • "Dining out," said Mrs. Bennet, "that is very unlucky."
  • "I'm Ojo the Unlucky, and something dreadful was sure to happen to me."
  • Even Stamboul, it is said, shall have an end, and the most unlucky blunders must come to a conclusion.
  • "You're an unlucky child, there's no doubt about that; but as you say, you'll have the suffering of it.
  • These dolls were very unlucky, or else their mamma was very careless; you can call it whichever you like.
  • "The day that Connachar sent the invitation to his feast will be unlucky for us if we don't go, O Deirdre."
  • He deliberately took the pig by the hind legs, and with a sudden whirl brought it down upon the head of the unlucky officer.
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