luckless

Adjective

luckless (comparative more luckless, superlative most luckless)

1. Unsuccessful, in a failing manner.
   • The search party returned dejected from the luckless search.
2. Without luck, unfortunate.
   • The luckless third-class passengers were required to stand in open wagons (or "Stanhopes"), which were of the same length and width as the carriages, and divided into four compartments by two bars running diagonally across the vehicle and crossing in the middle.1956 February, B. D. J. Walsh, “"Broad Gauge" in East Anglia”, in Railway Magazine, page 97
   • Agents of the law, luckless pedestrian1976, Donald Fagen with Steely Dan, Don't Take Me Alive