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Unlucky

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

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Unfortunate 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unfortunate 84% 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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Doomed 92% connected

of Doom

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ill-omened 92% connected

Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ill-starred 92% connected

Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Luckless 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aftercast noun · 78% connection

A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Ambs-ace noun · 78% connection

Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Backgammon noun · 78% connection

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fif…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Cast noun · 78% connection

A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Cat noun · 78% connection

An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to th…

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Cockal noun · 78% connection

A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Combat noun · 78% connection

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhapp…

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Craps noun · 78% connection

A gambling game with dice.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Dice noun · 78% connection

Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Dicer noun · 78% connection

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

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Disastrous adjective · 78% connection

Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an und…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Domino noun · 78% connection

A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, bu…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Doublet adjective · 78% connection

Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.

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Fare noun · 78% connection

To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate…

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Fight noun · 78% connection

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhapp…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Fighting noun · 78% connection

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhapp…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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Game verb · 78% connection

That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short w…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lucky, successful, unfortunate, ill-fated, unhappy.
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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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