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# unlucky

«unlucky» in Mova's school dictionary: **having bad luck, when things go wrong by chance** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (unlucky, unluckier, unluckiest); adverb (unluckily)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unlucky means having bad luck, when things go wrong by chance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#m1)

2) Unlucky means bringing bad luck, as some people believe: «an unlucky number». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#m2)

3) Unlucky can mean sad that something did not happen: «you were unlucky not to win». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a word of the story only, or a feeling after losing something; in everyday life: «unlucky!» is said kindly to someone who just missed; in stories and beliefs: some people think 13, black cats or broken mirrors are unlucky, but these are only superstitions; phrases: «unlucky for some», «unlucky in love»

### examples

- The unlucky team lost 3 games in a row. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#x1)
- Unlucky Sam dropped 4 of his 10 eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#x2)
- 13 is called an unlucky number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#x3)
- It was an unlucky day: he lost 2 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#x4)
- «Unlucky!» said the coach when the ball hit the post. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#x5)
- Some people think a black cat crossing your path is unlucky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#x6)
- She was unlucky to miss the bus by one minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#x7)
- Unluckily, it rained on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#x8)
- But odd numbers are sometimes considered unlucky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/#x9)

### note

Carries no clue to the operation; look at what happened (lost, dropped) for taking away. Superstitions about unlucky numbers are not true: no number brings bad luck. Opposite: lucky. un- means not.

### In the corpora

- [Stories call owls wise, unlucky or ill when they fly by day, but the real owl is simply a superb hunter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/302-how-owls-work-silent-wings-turning-heads-pellets-and-owl-myths/6/)
- [To be sure of something, think of the unluckiest draw: it takes as many as it can without the wish coming true.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/181-pigeonhole-same-colour/0/)
- [The idea that Friday the 13th is unlucky is a superstition; nothing special really happens on those days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be/19/)
- [Ollie is unlucky, not cheated, unless the game promised a guarantee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unlucky» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlucky/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.