(of a person) not lucky; lacking good fortune; ill-fated.

(of an event or circumstance) inauspicious or characterized by misfortune; ominous.

adjective

fortunate , happy , lucky

adjective

afflicted , bad break , behind eight ball , black , calamitous , cataclysmic , catastrophic , cursed , dire , disastrous , down on luck , hapless , hard luck , ill-fated , ill-starred , inauspicious , luckless , miserable , ominous , out of luck , star-crossed * , tough luck , tragic , unfavorable , unhappy , unsuccessful , untimely , untoward , star-crossed , apocalyptic , apocalyptical , baneful , direful , fire-and-brimstone , grave , hellfire , portentous , sorry , doomed , foreboding , ill , ill-omened , inopportune , starcrossed , unfortunate , unpromising , unpropitious