ill-starred

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English

Adjective

ill-starred (comparative more ill-starred, superlative most ill-starred)

  1. doomed to a bad fate; hapless
    • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 94:
      "Do not name it!" answered he, passionately. "God forgive me! I cannot yet bear its name. But for its ill-starred birth, Henriette might now be living. What is there in that unconscious infant to replace its mother?"
    Synonym: star-crossed
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