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luckless

adjective
 
 
/ˈlʌk.ləs/ literary

Definition

describes someone who has a lot of bad luck: The luckless defender, Mark Emery, sustained his third injury of the season.Fate and destinyGood luck and bad luck
(Definition of luckless adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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