[chōk mai dī] (v, exp) EN: have no luck ; have bad luck ; be unlucky ; have misfortune ; be unfortunate ; be luckless ; be ill-fatedFR: être malchanceux ; jouer de malchance
a. Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid. [ 1913 Webster ]
Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. Dryden.
-- Luck"less*ly, adv. -- Lock"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]