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

ill-starred \ill"-starred`\, a.
   fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or
   day.

   syn: ill-fated, ill-omened, unlucky.
        1913 webster wordnet 1.5

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ill-starred
     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-fated, ill-omened, unlucky
see also:
doomed ill-fated ill-omened unlucky 

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

19 moby thesaurus words for "ill-starred":
   baleful, bodeful, fateful, foreboding, hapless, ill-fated,
   luckless, malefic, malign, ominous, portentous, sinister,
   star-crossed, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpromising,
   unpropitious, untoward

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