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

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

Ah me, my child, of all men most ill-fated, Persephone, the daughter of Zeus, doth in no wise deceive thee, but even on this wise it is with mortals when they die.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

It was a most ill-fated expedition; the soldiers could not withstand the climate, and died like flies; France losing, from first to last, no less than 40,000 men from yellow fever.

From Here, There and Everywhere by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord

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

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