most ill-starred
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A Spock-like economic wonk used to the civilized stone halls of the New York Federal Reserve bank, Geithner was dragged in 2009 into one of the most ill-starred tenures of any modern US treasury Secretary.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2013
The Wilson campaign will probably be remembered as one of the most ill-starred presidential bids in history.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the most ill-starred horse of any sex this year was a filly, a most exceptionable filly.
From Time Magazine Archive
The love of parents for their children is, of all natural affections, the most ill-starred.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
If he had been endowed with second sight, he would have thought at least as rude a presage due to this last and most ill-starred of a whole generation of neophytes.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by John Morley
