luckless
Example Sentences
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"McLaren helped us today," he joked, referring to the opening lap crash in the sprint which saw Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg hit Piastri's McLaren and push him into the luckless Norris.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
Being luckless in love is commonplace these days.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
A below-par display against Dimitrov went unpunished when the luckless Bulgarian popped a pectoral muscle in the third set.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
Aureliano Segundo was the unconquered eater until the luckless Saturday when Camila Sagastume appeared, a totemic female known all through the land by the good name of “The Elephant.”
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
