| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion.[Websters]
2. Being penniless or impecunious. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being moneyless, poor, indigent, wretched or needy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being luckless, unlucky or inauspicious. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being unfortunate, hapless, unhappy, ill-fated or ill-starred. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb fortunelessly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (fortunelessly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fortuneless.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FORTUNELESS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FORTUNELESS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
