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Luckless

Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.

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Unfortunate 66% connected

Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Unfortunate 66% connected

Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Unlucky 92% connected

Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lucky 94% connected

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

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Lucky 94% connected

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

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Adjourn verb · 78% connection

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or…

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Adverse adjective · 78% connection

In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adver…

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Carrow noun · 78% connection

A strolling gamester.

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Caucus noun · 78% connection

A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select d…

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Confluence noun · 78% connection

The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

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Dicer noun · 78% connection

A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester.

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Disastrous adjective · 78% connection

Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.

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Encounter verb · 78% connection

A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.

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Envy verb · 78% connection

To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of anot…

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Fair noun · 78% connection

Good fortune; good luck.

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Fortunateness noun · 78% connection

The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck; success; happiness.

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Fortune noun · 78% connection

The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarde…

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Grace noun · 78% connection

Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune.

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Hap noun · 78% connection

That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casua…

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Hapless adjective · 78% connection

Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid.

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Happily adverb · 78% connection

With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success.

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Happiness noun · 78% connection

Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.

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Happy superl. · 78% connection

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort;…

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