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unlucky

/ʌnˈlʌki/

US pronunciation
American sound/ʌnˈlʌki/
ʌnˈlʌki
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short u vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

ʌn - ˈlʌki -> unlucky

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကံမကောင်း

Full entry

unlucky / ʌn'lʌki / adj

ကံမကောင်းသော။ ကံဆိုးသော။ Thirteen is often considered an unlucky number. ❍ We were very unlucky with the weather on holiday. ❍ They were unlucky not to win.
❏ unluckily adv
ကံမကောင်းချင်တော့။ ကံမကောင်းလေတော့။ Unluckily (for him), he did not get the job.

More examples
  • Normally we can get tickets but this year we were unlucky.
  • [unlucky with] : The fishing boats have been unlucky with the weather.
  • The French team were unlucky not to win.
  • An unlucky family
  • An unlucky accident
  • Thirteen is supposed to be an unlucky number.
  • It’s unlucky to walk under ladders.
Synonyms
unsuccessful, wretched, afflicted, bad break, baleful, behind eight ball, black, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, cursed, dire, disastrous, doomed, down on luck, fateful, hapless, hard luck, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious, luckless, miserable, ominous, out of luck, star-crossed, tough luck, tragic, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, untimely, untoward
Antonyms
cheerful, fortunate, happy, lucky
Cross references
unsuccessfulwretchedafflictedbad breakbalefulbehind eight ballblackcalamitouscataclysmiccatastrophiccurseddiredisastrousdoomeddown on luckfatefulhaplesshard luckill-fatedill-omenedill-starredinauspiciouslucklessmiserableominousout of luckstar-crossedtough luck
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