most ill-fated

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The most ill-fated change, though, was the Royal Mail's brief dalliance with Consignia, which was dropped after barely a year.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2010

So ended the Crabb Expedition, one of the most ill-fated and melancholy of any in the bloody annals of Mexico.

From Building a State in Apache Land by Poston, Charles D. (Charles Debrille)

And now of all the King's subjects in that hour we were the most ill-fated, islanded on a sand heap with the tide of savage war hourly eating into our crazy shelter.

From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John

Thus ended the most ill-fated expedition that history has ever had to record.

From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

It was said that the roar of the cannon was heard much farther away, as far even as Monk's Mound, where the Trappists—those most ill-fated of Kentucky pioneers—had found temporary refuge.

From Round Anvil Rock A Romance by Banks, Nancy Huston