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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Luckless; unfortunate. See Synonyms at unfortunate.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy.
  2. Synonyms Ill-starred, ill-fated, forlorn.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Very unlucky; ill-fated.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. deserving or inciting pity

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