"unlucky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈlʌki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unlucky.wav [UK] Forms: unlucky [positive], unluckier [comparative], unluckiest [superlative]
Etymology: un- + lucky Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|un|lucky}} un- + lucky Head templates: {{adj|unlucky|unluckier|unluckiest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An unlucky person is someone who has bad luck.
    Sense id: simple-unlucky-en-adj-Acslrpok
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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