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See definition of ill-starred
1‘some people have lost everything because they invested in that ill-starred venture’
ill-fated, doomed, blighted, ill-omened, foredoomed, infelicitous
unlucky, unfortunate, hapless, luckless, bedevilled, damned
inauspicious, unpropitious, unpromising, ominous
informal jinxed
literary star-crossed
destined for success, blessed