(a.) Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.
Thesaurus Entries
baleful, bodeful, fateful, foreboding, hapless, ill-fated, luckless, malefic, malign, ominous, portentous, sinister, star-crossed, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward
