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  • 101luckless — adj 1. unlucky, unfortunate, fortuneless, unblessed, hapless, down on one s luck, out of luck, unsuccessful, unprosperous, having a streak or run of bad luck; unhappy, woebegone, woeful, forlorn, miserable, wretched, pitiful, pitiable, sorry. 2.… …

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  • 102poor — adj 1. destitute, poverty stricken, impoverished, penurious, impecunious, beggared, pauperized; penniless, indigent, poor as Job s turkey, needy, necessitous, bad off, badly off; pinched, straitened, distressed, Inf. strapped, Inf. up against it …

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  • 103unlikely — adj 1. improbable, not likely to happen, highly unlikely; having little chance, having a Chinaman s or a ghost of a chance, remote, slight, faint; doubtful, dubious, contrary to expectation; implausible, incredible, unbelievable, Inf. fishy;… …

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  • 104untoward — adj 1. unfavorable, adverse, cross, contrary, hostile, unfriendly, negative, bad; infelicitious, inappropriate, inopportune, untimely, unseasonable; unpropitious, inauspicious, ominous, threatening, foreboding, menacing, portentous; sinister,… …

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  • 105Dismal — Dis mal, a. [Formerly a noun; e. g., I trow it was in the dismalle. Chaucer. Of uncertain origin; but perh. (as suggested by Skeat) from OF. disme, F. d[^i]me, tithe, the phrase dismal day properly meaning, the day when tithes must be paid. See… …

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  • 106Obscene — Ob*scene , a. [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc[ e]ne.] [1913 Webster] 1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency… …

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  • 107Obscenely — Obscene Ob*scene , a. [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc[ e]ne.] [1913 Webster] 1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and… …

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  • 108Obsceneness — Obscene Ob*scene , a. [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc[ e]ne.] [1913 Webster] 1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and… …

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  • 109Unlucky — Un*luck y, a. 1. Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is properly applied to incidents in which failure… …

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  • 110Satyricon — Infobox Book name = Satyricon translator = image caption = author = Petronius country = Roman Empire language = Latin genre = Satire publisher = Various release date = Late 1st century CE isbn = n/a Satyricon (or Satyrica ) is a Latin work of… …

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