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unlucky and unsuccessful, often resulting in death: The ill-fated aircraft later crashed into the hillside. Synonyms. doomed. ill-starred literary. unlucky. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having bad things happen by chance. unlucky She is one of the unluckiest people I've ever met.
The meaning of ILL-FATED is having or destined to a hapless fate : unfortunate. How to use ill-fated in a sentence.
If you describe something as ill-fated, you mean that it ended or will end in an unsuccessful or unfortunate way.
Ill-fated definition: destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end. See examples of ILL-FATED used in a sentence.
adjective. /ˌɪl ˈfeɪtɪd/ (also less frequent fated) (formal) not lucky and ending sadly, especially in death or failure. an ill-fated expedition. She regretted ever meeting him at that ill-fated party. Topics Difficulty and failure c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
If you have terrible luck, you're ill-fated. An ill-fated plan to drive across the country might end with your old car breaking down in Kansas. An ill-fated day is one you remember for years as extremely unlucky, and an ill-fated decision, in retrospect, was a really bad choice.
ill-fated definition: unlucky and often unsuccessful: . Learn more.
