jinxed /dʒɪŋkst/ BrE AmE adjective
often having bad luck, or making people have bad luck:
They seem to be jinxed when it comes to playing in the UK.
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THESAURUS
▪ unlucky having bad luck, or causing bad luck:
Matthews played well and was unlucky not to score.
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Thirteen is an unlucky number.
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We were unlucky with the weather. It rained almost every day.
▪ unfortunate unlucky because something bad happens to you that you do not deserve. Unfortunate sounds rather formal and is used mainly in writing:
He was very unfortunate to lose his job just after his wife had a baby.
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the unfortunate victims of crime
▪ be/bring bad luck if something is bad luck or brings bad luck, it is believed to make bad things happen:
It’s supposed to be bad luck to walk under a ladder.
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Crows were thought to bring bad luck.
▪ jinxed if something is jinxed, it seems to bring bad luck to everyone who is connected with it. If a person is jinxed, a lot of bad things happen to them and they seem very unlucky:
I’m beginning to think this house is jinxed.
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Some people believed the family was jinxed.