luckless

Example Sentences

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After his luckless crash with Piastri, in a multiple collision, in the earlier sprint race won by Verstappen, Norris was philosophical.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

Being luckless in love is commonplace these days.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

Gathering routine genre elements — the masked predator, the luckless teenage victims, the cabin-in-the-woods setting — Nash subordinates them all to a mood of stunning serenity.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

The luckless pattern continued in Celta's last game, away to Athletic Bilbao before the international break.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2023

Maybe they had no greater place to be, except at a greater distance from a luckless caravan like ours, led by a man marked for the coming of Cid.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri