Ill-starred (Adjective)
Meaning
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.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The ill-starred expedition was plagued by bad weather and equipment failures from the very beginning.
- Their ill-starred relationship was marked by constant arguing and a deep-seated distrust of one another.
- The ill-starred voyage of the ship ended in disaster when it sank in a storm.
- Despite their best efforts, the ill-starred project was ultimately doomed to fail due to a lack of funding.
- The ill-starred athlete suffered a string of injuries that cut short their promising career.