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adjective

Definition of jinxednext
as in unhappy
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck this fishing rod must be jinxed, seeing as how I never catch anything

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jinxed

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verb

past tense of jinx
as in cursed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinxed
  1. unhappy
  2. unfortunate
  3. possessed
  4. unlucky
  5. disastrous
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of unhappy
Adjective
  • My role has not been to judge or point fingers at any party involved in this unfortunate situation.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Absentees from injury are unfortunate, suspensions less so.
    Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of unfortunate
Verb
  • The most recent entry, Evil Dead Rise, stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland as two sisters trapped in a high-rise apartment as their family is possessed by supernatural terrors.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Loading your audio article The momentum the San Jose Sharks possessed at the start of this six-game road trip now seems like a distant memory.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of possessed
Adjective
  • This phenomenon also coincides with Friday the 13th, typically considered an unlucky day in many Western cultures.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The thinking goes: Some unlucky soul could simultaneously be infected with seasonal influenza and bird flu.
    Will Stone, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of unlucky
Adjective
  • But the film’s poisonous reviews and disastrous box office all but torpedoed her Oscar hopes this year, and the film was shut out in Monday’s Globe nominations.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • While Norris and Piastri scored points regularly, Red Bull’s defense of its title was hampered by Sergio Perez’s disastrous form, with the Mexican’s last podium coming in the sprint race in Miami.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of disastrous
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