← BackshareGuessill starred/ɪl ˈstɑrd/adjectiveSeeming to be unlucky or doomed to fail; marked by bad fortune.The ill-starred expedition ended in disaster when the ship sank.Their ill-starred romance was doomed from the start.The ill-starred project ran out of funding after only three months.SynonymsdoomedjinxedunluckyAntonymslucky