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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Ill-starred — a. Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill starred man or day. Syn: ill fated, ill omened, unlucky. [1913 Webster WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ill-starred — adj literary unlucky and likely to cause or experience a lot of problems or unhappiness ▪ an ill starred love affair … Dictionary of contemporary English
ill-starred — ill fated, disastrous, *unlucky, unfortunate, calamitous, luckless, hapless Analogous words: malefic, malign, baleful, *sinister: *ominous, portentous, fateful … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ill-starred — ill′ starred′ adj. unlucky; ill fated • Etymology: 1595–1605 … From formal English to slang
ill-starred — index ominous, portentous (ominous) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ill-starred — [ ,ıl stard ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY not lucky and likely to fail, cause problems, or have problems … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ill-starred — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unlucky … English terms dictionary
ill-starred — [il′stärd′] adj. [< astrological notion of being born or conceived under an evil star] unlucky or doomed to disaster … English World dictionary
ill-starred — /il stahrd /, adj. 1. doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill fated; unlucky: an ill starred enterprise. 2. disastrous: an ill starred marriage. [1595 1605] * * * … Universalium
ill-starred — ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe something or someone as ill starred, you mean that they were unlucky or unsuccessful. [LITERARY] ...an ill starred attempt to create jobs in Northern Ireland … English dictionary
