Definition of "ill-starred" []

• Ill-fated; unlucky. See Synonyms at unfortunate. (adjective)

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• "But he has now recollected, one assumes through a careful review of his files, that he did indeed transmit warnings to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, although it is unclear whether Peter MacKay or the ill-starred Maxime Bernier held that office at the time."
• "Canada's DMCA: unnecessary, ill-starred and doomed - Boing Boing"
• "By 2012, Palin will be among the smallest footnotes of American political history, but you have to give her credit: she certainly helped sink the ill-starred candidacy of John McCain."