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Explore Unlucky through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like unfortunate or luckless. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Unlucky meaning

  1. Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.
  2. Inauspicious.
  3. Having ill luck.

Synonyms of Unlucky

unfortunate luckless hexed jinxed lucky doomed ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred

Using Unlucky

  • The main meaning on this page is: Unfortunate, marked by misfortune. | Inauspicious. | Having ill luck.
  • Useful related words include: unfortunate, luckless, hexed, jinxed.
  • In the example corpus, unlucky often appears in combinations such as: unlucky to, unlucky not, the unlucky.

Context around Unlucky

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Unlucky

  • In this selection, "unlucky" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, extraordinarily, occasions, smidgen, player, survivors and officer stand out and add context to how "unlucky" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a smidgen unlucky to miss and and were unlucky not to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "unlucky" sits close to words such as affiliates, amplifier and artificially, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with unlucky

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Discussing his performance, he explained: "We were just incredibly unlucky today. (11 words)

Craig Elliott felt his side were unlucky to lose Saturday’s game. (12 words)

But she was unlucky to be eliminated tonight - 48 hours before the final. (13 words)

Cut to an unlucky (to put it mildly) lady and her little boy (Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro), whose car breaks down in the mad dog’s path, and what you’ve got here is the claustrophobic thriller to end all claustrophobic thrillers. (43 words)

But his darted inside runs caused plenty of problems too; he won a penalty in the first half and had the ball in the back of the net himself, on both occasions unlucky not to have contributed to goals. (39 words)

Fielding thirteen players including Amy Miller, and Oliver Laight who were making their national league debuts, Stourport began the first half well creating chances and were unlucky not to have scored, after three short corners narrowly missed the goal. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

We didn’t dominate it and we certainly don’t fall into the lucky or unlucky because if we were lucky tonight then it probably means we have been unlucky in the other games.

Acknowledging that Stanley may have simply been extraordinarily unlucky, the Zhongs say they're sharing his story to spark conversation about making college admissions more transparent.

And while a Genesect hundo is an exceedingly rare sight in the game, this unlucky player can at least take some solace in the fact that the creature itself isn't particularly useful in competitive play.

A wildly talented high school girls' soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.

But his darted inside runs caused plenty of problems too; he won a penalty in the first half and had the ball in the back of the net himself, on both occasions unlucky not to have contributed to goals.

But in one two-second-clip, one unlucky officer tumbled while riding next to the big bird at around 8am.

But she was unlucky to be eliminated tonight - 48 hours before the final.

By unlucky timing, Navalny’s column was published on Sept. 30, 2022 — the day that Putin delivered a speech declaring his intention to annex four Ukrainian regions: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

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Craig Elliott felt his side were unlucky to lose Saturday’s game.

Cut to an unlucky (to put it mildly) lady and her little boy (Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro), whose car breaks down in the mad dog’s path, and what you’ve got here is the claustrophobic thriller to end all claustrophobic thrillers.

D66 and SP’s proposal to raise student loan interest for the unlucky generation to 0 percent did not receive enough support.

Deserves the No.4 spot ahead of Steve Smith, who was a smidgen unlucky to miss the XI despite scoring 900-plus runs, including a ton in the World Test Championship final.

Discussing his performance, he explained: "We were just incredibly unlucky today.

Dom Fearn was unlucky not to be rewarded for his match efforts, having provided the engine and catalyst for much that was positive in the loose and open play.

Everything about Dementors resembled ghosts until a victim was unlucky enough to realize they were alive and tangible.

Fielding thirteen players including Amy Miller, and Oliver Laight who were making their national league debuts, Stourport began the first half well creating chances and were unlucky not to have scored, after three short corners narrowly missed the goal.

Flora Li Thiemenn () will play one of the mentors to the unlucky tributes and Isobel Jesper Jones (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself) will play the daughter of District 12's mayor.

Fortunately, it's not all doom and gloom for the unlucky hero as he soon discovers his horrific cycle also grants him the power of reversing time.

Gary O'Neil's Wolves have been unlucky in recent defeats to both Man United and Crystal Palace, while the improving form of Pedro Neto is likely to give the visitors plenty to think about.

He has been unlucky, there has been no doubt about that, with Connor Ogilvie and Jack Sparkes ahead of him.

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Common combinations with unlucky

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "unlucky" in a sentence?
An example: "We didn’t dominate it and we certainly don’t fall into the lucky or unlucky because if we were lucky tonight then it probably means we have been unlucky in the other games." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "unlucky" from authentic English texts.
What does "unlucky" mean?
Unlucky means: Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.
What are synonyms of "unlucky"?
Common synonyms of "unlucky" include: unfortunate, luckless, hexed, jinxed, lucky, doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened. Plus 1 more synonyms.
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