Luckless means you have no luck in the thing you are trying to do — the job, the game, the search keeps going wrong. It is a real word, a little old-fashioned or story-like.

Lucklessluckless means you have no luck in the thing you are trying to do指的是你想做的事一直不順——the job, the game, the search keeps going wrong工作、比賽、尋找，都一直出錯。It is a real word它是個真實存在的字，a little old-fashioned or story-like帶點老派或故事書的味道。

Though actually, almost everybody says unlucky instead. You will still meet luckless in headlines (“the luckless travellers”), novels and slightly wry talk, often with a shade of pity: not only “the odds were bad”, but “this poor person cannot catch a break”.

Though actually不過實際上，almost everybody says unlucky instead幾乎每個人都改說unlucky。You will still meet luckless你還是會遇到luckless in headlines ("the luckless travellers")在標題（「the luckless travellers那些倒霉的旅客」）、novels and slightly wry talk小說和帶點苦笑的話裡，often with a shade of pity通常帶著一點同情：not only "the odds were bad"不只是「運氣不好」，but "this poor person cannot catch a break"而是「這個可憐人就是碰不到好事」。

It can describe people or their attempts: a luckless attempt, a luckless season. It does not automatically mean your whole life is unlucky unless the sentence says so; it usually points at one stretch of bad fortune.

It can describe people or their attempts它可以形容人，也可以形容他們的嘗試：a luckless attempta luckless attempt（一次不走運的嘗試）、a luckless seasona luckless season（不走運的一季）。It does not automatically mean your whole life is unlucky它不會自動表示你整個人生都倒霉 unless the sentence says so除非句子特別這樣說；it usually points at one stretch of bad fortune它通常指的是一段特定的壞運氣。