ill-starred

[ il-stahrd ]

/ ˈɪlˈstɑrd /

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adjective

doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.

disastrous: an ill-starred marriage.

Origin of ill-starred

First recorded in 1595–1605

Words nearby ill-starred

ill-omened, ill-prepared, I'll say, ill-sorted, ill-spent, ill-starred, ill-suited, ill temper, ill-tempered, ill-timed, ill-treat

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Example sentences from the Web for ill-starred

Sleep in peace, ill-starred daughter of my hapless fatherland!
The Reign of Greed|Jose Rizal
Whatever humor there might have been in the ill-starred situation was destroyed for Madden by his friend's moral relapse.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock|T. S. Stribling
Poor Laud seems to me to have been weak and ill-starred, not dishonest an unfortunate Pedant rather than anything worse.
Heroes and Hero Worship|Thomas Carlyle
This state of things might have endured indefinitely if the ill-starred idea of an experiment had not come into my mind.
The Surprises of Life|Georges Clemenceau

The French vessel sent out to take over the territory was the ill-starred and ill-navigated Mduse.
West African studies|Mary Henrietta Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for ill-starred

ill-starred

adjective

unlucky; unfortunate; ill-fated

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单词	ill-starred
释义	ill-starred [ il-stahrd ] / ˈɪlˈstɑrd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ill-starred ON THESAURUS.COM adjective doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise. disastrous: an ill-starred marriage. Origin of ill-starred First recorded in 1595–1605 Words nearby ill-starred ill-omened, ill-prepared, I'll say, ill-sorted, ill-spent, ill-starred, ill-suited, ill temper, ill-tempered, ill-timed, ill-treat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ill-starred Sleep in peace, ill-starred daughter of my hapless fatherland! The Reign of Greed\|Jose Rizal Whatever humor there might have been in the ill-starred situation was destroyed for Madden by his friend's moral relapse. The Cruise of the Dry Dock\|T. S. Stribling Poor Laud seems to me to have been weak and ill-starred, not dishonest an unfortunate Pedant rather than anything worse. Heroes and Hero Worship\|Thomas Carlyle This state of things might have endured indefinitely if the ill-starred idea of an experiment had not come into my mind. The Surprises of Life\|Georges Clemenceau The French vessel sent out to take over the territory was the ill-starred and ill-navigated Mduse. West African studies\|Mary Henrietta Kingsley British Dictionary definitions for ill-starred ill-starred adjective unlucky; unfortunate; ill-fated 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-starred sad, fateful, miserable, dreadful, deadly, calamitous, unfortunate, pitiful, fatal, harrowing, painful, grievous, pathetic, cataclysmic, disastrous, dire, awful, destructive, grim, terrible
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ill-starred

adjective

Origin of ill-starred

Words nearby ill-starred

Example sentences from the Web for ill-starred

British Dictionary definitions for ill-starred

adjective

Words related to ill-starred