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  • 61unfortunate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unlucky, hapless, ill fated, ill starred, star crossed, luckless, unsuccessful, abortive, disastrous, ruinous; short or out of luck, SOL, behind the eight ball, jinxed, hexed (all sl.). See… …

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  • 62doomed — I noun people who are destined to die soon (Freq. 1) the agony of the doomed was in his voice • Syn: ↑lost • Hypernyms: ↑people II adjective 1. marked fo …

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  • 63unlucky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unfortunate, ill starred, ill omened, hopeless, disastrous; regrettable. See adversity, badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unfortunate] Syn. luckless, unhappy, afflicted; see unfortunate 2 . 2.… …

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  • 64star-crossed — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : not favored by the stars : ill fated * * * /stahr krawst , krost /, adj. thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill fated: star crossed lovers. [1585 95] * * * starˈ crossed or (archaic) starˈ crost adjective 1. Thwarted by the… …

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  • 65List of Russian explorers — The Russian Empire at its peak in 1866, including the spheres of influence; this territorial expansion largely corresponds to the extent of contiguous exploration by Russians. This is a list of explorers from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union …

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  • 66Adversity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Adversity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 adversity adversity evil &c. 619 Sgm: N 1 failure failure &c. 732 Sgm: N 1 bad luck bad luck ill luck evil luck adverse luck hard fortune …

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  • 67United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 68literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 69Untimeliness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Untimeliness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,134,} untimeliness intempestivity unseasonableness inexpedience Sgm: N 1 unsuitable time unsuitable time improper time Sgm: N 1 unreasonableness unreasonableness &c …

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  • 70USS Iowa (BB-61) — ( The Big Stick ) was the lead ship of her class of battleship, and was the fourth ship of in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. Iowa is the only ship of the class to have served a combat tour in the Atlantic Ocean… …

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