unlucky
adj.adj. having bad luck or experiencing bad things by chance. You use this to describe someone who is not successful because of things they cannot control.
adj. characterised by misfortune or having bad luck. Often used to describe a person who experiences an unfavorable outcome despite their best efforts or intentions.
He was unlucky to lose his keys on the first day.
The team played exceptionally well but were unlucky to hit the post twice in the final minutes of the game.
While some attribute his career failures to poor planning, others argue he was simply unlucky, having entered the market just as the global economy began its sharpest decline in decades.
From un- + lucky.
Commonly followed by an infinitive ('unlucky to find') or a prepositional phrase ('unlucky in love').
He is very disluckyHe is very unluckyLearners sometimes use the prefix 'dis-' instead of 'un-' to form the negative of lucky.