ill-fated
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Tourism is seen as key to bringing money into Wales but some projects like ill-fated racetrack project Circuit of Wales in Ebbw Vale never got off the ground.
From BBC
While the horrors of war at sea are well-known, the Allies’ ill-fated supply convoys from Iceland to Russia are an often-overlooked theater of the war.
In August, Smith made an ill-fated attempt to sue the firm, representing himself in a lawsuit accusing them of keeping too much of his settlement money.
From Los Angeles Times
She described her son as her "little hero", saying his calm reaction and quick thinking prevented their ill-fated Christmas day out from ending in a more serious crash.
From BBC
Another awkwardly titled but affecting rescue movie, in this case about an American soldier in Afghanistan and his interpreter toward the end of America’s ill-fated fight against a resurgent Taliban.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
