Associations to the word «Unlucky»

Wiktionary

UNLUCKY, adjective. Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.
UNLUCKY, adjective. Inauspicious.
UNLUCKY, adjective. Having ill luck.
UNLUCKY, adjective. Bringing ill luck.

Dictionary definition

UNLUCKY, adjective. Having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date".
UNLUCKY, adjective. 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.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.