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[ il-fey-tid ] / ˈɪlˈfeɪ tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ill-fated ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedestined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage. bringing bad fortune. Origin of ill-fatedFirst recorded in 1700–10 SYNONYMS FOR ill-fated1 doomed, hapless, ill-starred, jinxed. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ill-fated ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby ill-fatedillegitimacy, illegitimate, illegitimize, ill-equipped, ill fame, ill-fated, ill-favored, ill-favoured, ill feeling, ill-fitted, ill-fitting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ill-fatedThere was the ill-fated reelection campaign of Senator Kay Hagan in North Carolina, who lost to Republican Thom Tillis. Latinos Aren’t a ‘Cheap Date’ for Democrats Anymore|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Perry has associated with Barbour since at least 2012, when Barbour served on his ill-fated but memorable presidential campaign. Tea Party Unloads on 'Complete Imbecile' Rick Perry|Olivia Nuzzi|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST This appears to glorify a crime,” said Cheek, “as does the apparent emphasis on their illegal and ill-fated invasion. The Never-Ending Falklands War: In Buenos Aires, A Museum's Selective History|Michael Luongo|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Republicans cast her ill-fated health care policy task force as a “shadow government.” Everyone Sees the Hillary They Want to See|Eleanor Clift|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Up until his ill-fated Republican presidential primary run, Perry had never lost an election in his entire life. Can Rick Perry Get A Second Chance With GOP Voters In 2016|Myra Adams|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST What an an ill-fated Girl should I be, if I should fall in love with him, and he should happen not to like me? Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph|Frances Sheridan The canteen was surpassed only by Meaulte, of ill-fated memory. A Company of Tanks|W. H. L. Watson The young stewardess of the "Iona" who met with a terrible death on that ill-fated vessel in the heroic effort to rescue a child. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, September 28, 1895|Various Is it not your duty to yourself to forget this ill-fated attachment? The Moonstone|Wilkie Collins Thou hast tended an ill-fated one!May all evilBe turned from thee! The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie|Richard Wagner
British Dictionary definitions for ill-fated
adjectivedoomed or unluckyan ill-fated marriage Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ill-fateddisastrous, destroyed, hapless, inauspicious, luckless, ruined, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, catastrophic, blighted, ill-omened, ill-starred |