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ill-starred
adjective as in star-crossed
adjective as in tragic
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adjective as in underprivileged
adjective as in unfortunate
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adjective as in unhappy
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adjective as in unlucky
adjective as in untoward
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adjective as in ill-fated
adjective as in ill-chosen
Weak matches
- adverse
- afflicted
- awkward
- broken
- burdened
- calamitous
- cursed
- damaging
- deplorable
- desperate
- destitute
- disastrous
- doomed
- forsaken
- hapless
- hopeless
- ill-fated
- in a bad way
- inappropriate
- inept
- infelicitous
- inopportune
- jinxed
- lamentable
- luckless
- out of luck
- pained
- poor
- regrettable
- ruined
- ruinous
- shattered
- star-crossed
- stricken
- troubled
- unbecoming
- unfavorable
- unhappy
- unpropitious
- unprosperous
- unsuccessful
- unsuitable
- untoward
- wretched
adjective as in infelicitous
Weak matches
- adverse
- afflicted
- awkward
- broken
- burdened
- calamitous
- cursed
- damaging
- deplorable
- desperate
- destitute
- disastrous
- doomed
- forsaken
- hapless
- hopeless
- ill-chosen
- ill-fated
- in a bad way
- inappropriate
- inept
- inopportune
- jinxed
- lamentable
- luckless
- out of luck
- pained
- poor
- regrettable
- ruined
- ruinous
- shattered
- star-crossed
- stricken
- troubled
- unbecoming
- unfavorable
- unhappy
- unpropitious
- unprosperous
- unsuccessful
- unsuitable
- untoward
- wretched
adjective as in disastrous
adjective as in fatal
adjective as in hapless
adjective as in ill-fated/ill-starred
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Example Sentences
He chiefly divided his time between the House of Lords and sitting at home, lamenting over his own ill-starred existence.
The settlement no doubt was influenced by the imminence of a large expansion of policy—the ill-starred Irish expedition.
These ill-starred men, a prey to a sort of delirium, ran to their huts and gathered up the little that they possessed.
One of these was the house of Colette; and at his door our ill-starred John was presently beating for admittance.
They knew that it meant harder fighting than he supposed, and they dreaded a repetition of his earlier ill-starred risings.
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On this page you'll find 494 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ill-starred, such as: catastrophic, cursed, damned, disastrous, ill-fated, and ill-omened.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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