adj. having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"

adj. causing negative effects

adj. marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott

adj. deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

adj. not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

adj. having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

adj. marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott

adj. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

adj. tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population"

adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

adj. indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"

adj. not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments", "unfavorable impression"

adj. extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"

adj. not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

adj. having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

adj. having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"

adj. "in bad repute"

adj. characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"

adj. most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty"

adj. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"

adj. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"

adj. aground as a consequence of a shipwreck

adj. physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern

adj. deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

adj. marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series

adj. deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"

adj. having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day"; "a lucky man"

adj. occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"