ill-chosen

ADJECTIVE

unfortunate

Synonyms

WEAK

adverse afflicted awkward broken burdened calamitous cursed damaging deplorable desperate destitute disastrous doomed forsaken hapless hopeless ill-fated ill-starred in a bad way inappropriate inept infelicitous inopportune jinxed lamentable luckless out of luck pained poor regrettable ruined ruinous shattered star-crossed stricken troubled unbecoming unfavorable unhappy unpropitious unprosperous unsuccessful unsuitable untoward wretched

Example Sentences

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I had new signs posted which said: An Ill-chosen Word Is the Fool’s Messenger.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster