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Meaning of ill-starred | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Doomed to a bad fate; hapless.

Examples

“"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?"”

“[…] it appears the possibility of the ill-starred Uxbridge-Rickmansworth rail link being built is now bound up with post-war planning. [it was never built]”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

ill-suited ill-tempered ill-thought-out ill-timed ill-used ill-willed