Of things, conditions, etc.: Causing or involving, accompanied by, misfortune or unhappiness.

Unfortunate, unlucky, unfavourable. Obsolete.

Subject to or marked by misfortune, unlucky; = unfortunate, adj. Now rare.

Of conditions: Marked by misfortune or mishap; miserable, wretched.

Esp. of a person: destitute of or lacking good fortune; unfortunate, unlucky. Hence also in later use: incompetent, clumsy. Cf. luckless, adj. 1.

Unlucky, unfortunate.

Connected with, visited by, misfortune.

Subject to or marked by misfortune; unfortunate.

Unhappy, unfortunate.

Unfortunate, unlucky.

Ill-fortuned.

Unlucky, wretched; wicked.

Unlucky, unfortunate, ill-fated.

Unfortunate, unlucky; characterized by misadventure or misadventures.

attributive or as adj. = unhappy, adj.

Esp. of a person: unfortunate.

Originally: unlucky; unfortunate (chiefly Scottish and Irish English). Now usually: subject to (mis)chance; risky, dubious.

Unfortunate, unhappy.

Ill-fortuned.

Of a time, place, occurrence, or circumstance: characterized or marked by misfortune or failure; (of an action or event) having an unfavourable…

Marked by, or associated with, misfortune or mishap; disastrous, inauspicious. Also, in weaker sense: Untoward, unlucky, regrettable.

Having no good luck; unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate.

= unlucky, adj. (in various senses).

Unfortunate.

Characterized or attended by misfortune, calamity, vexation, or annoyance; unlucky, unfortunate, ill-starred. Of conditions, times, etc.

Awkward; unlucky. Obsolete. rare.

Of an event, occurrence, incident, etc.: attended with mishap, misfortune, or disaster; unlucky, unfortunate. Obsolete.

Luckless, unlucky, ill-omened, uncanny.

That brings bad luck; ill-fated, ill-starred. Cf. disastrous, adj. 1a 2.

Affected by or subject to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated, ill-starred, unfortunate.

Experiencing or subject to disaster or misfortune; unfortunate, unlucky; ill-fated, ill-starred. Obsolete.

Subject to adverse fate; ill-fated.

unfortunate.

(of an event) unfortunate.

Without (good) fortune, luckless, unfortunate. Also, destitute of a ‘fortune’ or portion.

Unhappy, unfortunate, unlucky.

Unfortunate, hapless. In later use also: misguided.

Not prosperous or thriving; unfortunate, unlucky, unsuccessful. (Of persons, enterprises, etc.)

Characterized or attended by misfortune, calamity, vexation, or annoyance; unlucky, unfortunate, ill-starred. Of occurrences, enterprises, etc.

Unfortunate; unhappy. Obsolete.

Fraught with or bringing bad fortune.

Unlucky, untoward, unfortunate. Also, poor, dreary, low-spirited; sickly, feeble (cf. dauncy, adj.). Scottish, northern, and U.S. dialect.

Of a dark hue; black or blackish; dusky. figurative. ‘Black’, ‘dark’, malignant, dismal: cf. swart, adj. 3.

Unhappy, unfortunate; esp. not happily suited to the occasion or circumstances; not apt or appropriate: the opposite of felicitous, adj.

Usually hyphenated. That is considered to be unlucky or to bring misfortune; characterized by or portending misfortune.

Unlucky. Australian and New Zealand slang.

Frightened; nervy; dogged by ill-fortune.