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ill-fated

adj

Etymology

From ill + fated.

Definitions

  1. unlucky

    unlucky; doomed.

    • My grandfather was originally scheduled to travel on the ill-fated last voyage of the RMS Lusitania, but thankfully had to change his plans at the last minute.
    • The engine of the ill-fated mail was Stephenson, one of Whale's 4-6-0 "Experiment" class, which fact led to sensational outcryings in the daily papers about the scandal of "experimental machines" being used on fast trains!

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