different between luckless vs unlucky

luckless

English

Etymology

luck +? -less

Adjective

luckless (comparative more luckless, superlative most luckless)

  1. Unsuccessful, in a failing manner.
    The search party returned dejected from the luckless search.
  2. Without luck.
    • 1976, Donald Fagen with Steely Dan, "Don't Take Me Alive":
      Agents of the law, luckless pedestrian

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unlucky

English

Etymology

From un- +? lucky.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?l?ki/
  • Rhymes: -?ki

Adjective

unlucky (comparative unluckier or more unlucky, superlative unluckiest or most unlucky)

  1. Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.
  2. Inauspicious.
  3. Having ill luck.
  4. Bringing ill luck.

Derived terms

  • unluckily
  • unluckiness
  • unluckier
  • unluckiest

Translations

References

  • unlucky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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