adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be born lucky/unlucky etc (= always be lucky, unlucky etc )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
desperately
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Barnes was desperately unlucky after a magnificent one-two with McManaman to see his volley come back off the foot of the post.
very
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I am a very unlucky woman who has been thrown to the wolves.
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I thought Brian Robinson was very unlucky and the same applies to Denis McBride.
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Then, by a very unlucky chance, we were seen and chased by two pirate ships.
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On that score, the Melrose forward can count himself very unlucky .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be born under a lucky/unlucky star
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Were you disappointed with the team's performance?" "No, not really, I think we were just unlucky ."
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Chicago was unlucky to lose in the final minute of the game.
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He seems to be very unlucky with cars - every time he buys one it always has something wrong with it.
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I've never had a girlfriend more than a couple of months - I guess I'm just unlucky in love.
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I don't believe anyone is born lucky or unlucky - life is what you make it.
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I never kill spiders - it's unlucky .
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It was unlucky for Steve that the teacher walked in just at that moment.
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Some people think it's unlucky to walk under ladders.
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Some people think that black cats are unlucky .
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The car in front braked suddenly and I went straight into it - it was just unlucky .
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The victims were simply unlucky enough to have been in the restaurant when the gunmen started shooting.
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We were unlucky with the weather. It rained almost every day we were on the island.
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Why do you want to get married on the 13th. Thirteen is such an unlucky number.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bruce Edgar adjudged him unlucky , but his record was modest: 17 wickets at 52.11 and 248 runs at 15.50.
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Bury's Derek Ward was the unlucky man.
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People tie it in with the fact that Jack Nicklaus was unlucky not to win.
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Red is lucky to card players and red cars are also lucky, while red flowers and red hair are unlucky .
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That one was dismissed as an unlucky incident, but my troubles continued.
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The unlucky federal judge in whose court the suit is brought is faced with a number of equally unpalatable choices.
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Unless they are unlucky , it will not touch even the fringe of their lives.