About The Word Ill-starred

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Ill-starred

Ill-starred Meaning & Definition
Ill-starred Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ill-starred?

[adj] marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ill-starred: doomed | ill-fated | ill-omened | unfortunate | unlucky

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ill-starred: baleful | bodeful | fateful | foreboding | hapless | ill-fated | luckless | malefic | malign | ominous | portentous | sinister | star-crossed | unfavorable | unfortunate | unhappy | unpromising | unpropitious | untoward

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Ill-starred In Webster's Dictionary

\Ill"-starred`\, a. Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

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