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ill-starred

/ˌɪl ˈstɑːrd/

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adjective

/ˌɪl ˈstɑːrd/C2formalobsolete
  • ruУстаревшее прилагательное, описывающее кого-то или что-то, кому не везёт или кто обречён на провал, как будто под несчастливой звездой.

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone or something that is unlucky or doomed to fail, as if under a bad star.

  1. Unlucky or doomedC2formal

    Marked by or destined for misfortune; having an unfavorable fate.

    ruНеудачливый или обречённый

    • The ill-starred expedition ended in disaster.
    • Their ill-starred romance was doomed from the start.
    • The ill-starred project was abandoned after a series of failures.

    Synonymscurseddoomedhaplessill-fatedjinxedunfortunateunlucky

    Antonymsblessedfavoredfortunatelucky

Forms
  • more ill-starred comparative form
  • most ill-starred superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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