fortuneless

English

Etymology

From fortune +‎ -less.

Adjective

fortuneless (comparative more fortuneless, superlative most fortuneless)

  1. Destitute of a fortune or portion; without money.
  2. (archaic) Unlucky, unfortunate.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
      manly limbs endur'd with little care / Against all hard mishaps and fortunelesse misfare.
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