unlucky

Example Sentences

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Unlucky Torino centre-back Coco saw the ball come off him and ricochet into the net in the 74th minute when his teammate Luis Asue attempted to clear a free-kick.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Appeared in the December 27, 2025, print edition as 'At 65, an Unlucky Job Seeker Faces a Bruising Reality'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Unlucky perhaps, but nothing too sinister in that result.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023

Unlucky is the country that needs this much luck.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2023

“Yes, it is annoying, that. Unlucky for your theory, and extremely lucky for our Italian friend that M. Ratchett’s valet should have had the toothache.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie