Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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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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