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| doomed(wretched, warning, threatening, unfortunate) | |
| hapless(wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) | |
| luckless(wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) | |
| out of luck(expression, idiom, wretched, unfortunate) | |
| star-crossed(wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) | |
| unfavorable(wretched, dreadful, threatening, unfortunate) | |
| unhappy(wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) | |
| afflicted(wretched, unfortunate, anguished, doomed) | |
| bad break(expression, wretched, unfortunate, doomed) | |
| behind eight ball(expression, wretched, unfortunate, doomed) | |
| cursed(wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) | |
| doleful(dull, dark, gloomy, wretched) | |
| dolent(wretched, anguished) | |
| down on luck(expression, wretched, unfortunate, doomed) | |
| hard luck(expression, wretched, unfortunate, doomed) | |
| heart-rending(pain, awful, terrible, shocking) | |
| lugubrious(dull, dark, gloomy, wretched) | |
| melancholy(dull, dark, gloomy, wretched) | |
| mournful(dull, dark, awful, gloomy) | |
| plaintive(wretched, anguished) |
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