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unchancy

unchancy adjective: unfortunate, unlucky.

Adjective

unchancy (comparative more unchancy, superlative most unchancy)

  1. (Scotland) Unfortunate, unlucky.
  2. (Scotland) Dangerous, unsafe.
    • the Kinraddies sat them quiet and decent and peaceable in their castle, and heeded never a fig the arguings of folk, for wars were unchancy things.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song

Forms of unchancy

comparativemore unchancy
superlativemost unchancy

Origin of unchancy

From un- + chancy.

Questions about unchancy

What does unchancy mean?
Unchancy means unfortunate, unlucky.
What part of speech is unchancy?
Unchancy is an adjective.

Words near unchancy in the dictionary

  1. unchamfered
  2. unchampioned
  3. unchance
  4. unchanced
  5. unchanciest
  6. unchancy
  7. unchange
  8. unchangeabilities
  9. unchangeability
  10. unchangeable
  11. unchangeableness

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