ill-fated
1ill-fated — adj. 1. marked by or promising bad fortune; unsuccessful; as, an ill fated business venture. Syn: ill omened, ill starred, unlucky. [WordNet 1.5] …
2ill-fated — adj literary unlucky and leading to serious problems or death ▪ an ill fated venture …
3ill-fated — ill fat|ed [ ıl feıtəd ] adjective MAINLY JOURNALISM likely to end in failure or death: a passenger aboard the ill fated flight …
4ill-fated — ill starred, disastrous, *unlucky, unfortunate, calamitous, luckless, hapless Analogous words: *ominous, portentous, fateful: malefic, malign, baleful, *sinister …
5ill-fated — ill′ fat′ed adj. 1) destined to an unhappy fate: an ill fated voyage[/ex] 2) bringing bad fortune • Etymology: 1700–10 …
6ill-fated — index ominous, portentous (ominous), regrettable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7ill-fated — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ destined to fail or have bad luck …
8ill-fated — [il′fāt′id] adj. 1. having or certain to have an evil fate or unlucky end 2. causing misfortune; unlucky …
9ill-fated — ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe something as ill fated, you mean that it ended or will end in an unsuccessful or unfortunate way. England s footballers are back home after their ill fated trip to Algeria. Syn: doomed …
10ill-fated — adjective marked by or promising bad fortune (Freq. 1) their business venture was doomed from the start an ill fated business venture an ill starred romance the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons W.H.Prescott • Syn: ↑doomed, ↑ill …