[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ill-fated \ill-fated\ adj.
   1. marked by or promising bad fortune; unsuccessful; as, an
      ill-fated business venture.

   syn: ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky.
        wordnet 1.5 ill-favored

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ill-fated
     adj : marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture
           was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business
           venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky
           prisoner was again put in irons"- w.h.prescott syn: doomed,
            ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky
see also:
doomed ill-omened ill-starred unlucky 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 moby thesaurus words for "ill-fated":
   apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful, black, bodeful, boding, dark,
   dire, doomful, dreary, evil, evil-starred, fateful, foreboding,
   gloomy, ill, ill-boding, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious,
   lowering, menacing, of evil portent, ominous, portending,
   portentous, sinister, somber, threatening, unfavorable,
   unfortunate, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward

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