ill-starred Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by or promising bad fortune
    ill-fated; doomed; unlucky; ill-omened.
    • 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

WordNet


Ill"-starred` adjective
Definitions
  1. Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

Webster 1913