as in unfortunate
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck
the ill-fated trip ended in disaster for all
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Recent Examples of ill-fated
Recent offseason activity saw the narrative be about who was leaving the Boston Red Sox – Mookie Betts in the ill-fated traded to the Dodgers after 2019, Xander Bogaerts signing with the Padres after 2021 and the trade of Chris Sale to the Braves nearly a year ago.
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
British broadcasters rarely adapt successful U.S. network shows and previous attempts have been ill-fated.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
When the runners bolted on Profar’s fly out to right, Mike Yastrzemski made an aggressive and ill-fated attempt to nab the lead runner at third.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
Her campaign in 2019 was a transparent and ill-fated attempt to co-opt the Bernie Sanders wing of the party rather than offer something new.
—Jay Cost, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
The changes are a departure from the solo anchor format that has been a standard feature of CBS Evening News throughout its history, save for a brief and ill-fated effort to pair Connie Chung with Dan Rather in the 1990s.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
The platform underscores how DeSantis has helped mold modern Republican ideology, despite GOP voters’ rejection of his bitter and ill-fated primary challenge of Trump.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
Even hiking the prices on the popular but ill-fated promotion couldn’t bandage the wound.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 May 2024
Their journey might seem ill-fated, though a slim possibility of finding the treasure always remains.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
British broadcasters rarely adapt successful U.S. network shows and previous attempts have been ill-fated.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
When the runners bolted on Profar’s fly out to right, Mike Yastrzemski made an aggressive and ill-fated attempt to nab the lead runner at third.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
Her campaign in 2019 was a transparent and ill-fated attempt to co-opt the Bernie Sanders wing of the party rather than offer something new.
—Jay Cost, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
The changes are a departure from the solo anchor format that has been a standard feature of CBS Evening News throughout its history, save for a brief and ill-fated effort to pair Connie Chung with Dan Rather in the 1990s.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
The platform underscores how DeSantis has helped mold modern Republican ideology, despite GOP voters’ rejection of his bitter and ill-fated primary challenge of Trump.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
Even hiking the prices on the popular but ill-fated promotion couldn’t bandage the wound.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 May 2024
Their journey might seem ill-fated, though a slim possibility of finding the treasure always remains.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-fated
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The unfortunate 25-year-old was ruled out by serious knee damage for 19 months from April 2022 to November 2023, during Graham Potter’s reign.Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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In an unfortunate instance of life imitating art, the New York Times reported several cast members’ complaints of sleep deprivation, inadequate food, and even hospitalizations on the set of the off-brand competition.Judy Berman, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
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Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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Cronin — who had to cancel some summer shows this year due to unspecified health issues — further acknowledges that there’s acrimony between he and Hall, and he’s been unhappy with some of the social media discourse blaming him for the end of the REO Speedwagon name.Gary Graff, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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This would signal the end of Alex Bregman's career with the Astros. Houston would get a solution at first base following a few years of disastrous play at the position.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Bridges blocked out the noise, tuning out the relentless social media scrutiny after a disastrous start to the season.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Ill-fated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-fated. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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