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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

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

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