ill-starred

As we read on to learn the characters' uncertain fates and the outcome of an assortment of thwarted or ill-starred romances, the novel is so enjoyable that it's easy to miss the more serious moral questions Goodman means to ask.

The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman – review 2011

He had an ill-starred spell in August, too, when Ipswich let in 12 goals in two games.

In-form Crystal Palace seal away win to steal Ipswich Town's mantle | Jeremy Alexander 2011

Canada's DMCA: unnecessary, ill-starred and doomed - Boing Boing

Boing Boing 2009

The other is Queen Catherine Parr, who had been his friend before she had the dubious honor of becoming the last of Henry VIII's six, mostly ill-starred wives.

Chasing justice in Henry VIII's England Patrick Anderson 2011

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.

First on the Ticker: Palin will not run for re-election 2009

Canada's DMCA: unnecessary, ill-starred and doomed - Boing Boing

Boing Boing 2009

Canada's DMCA: unnecessary, ill-starred and doomed - Boing Boing

Boing Boing 2009

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.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

Canada's DMCA: unnecessary, ill-starred and doomed - Boing Boing

Boing Boing 2009

The other is Queen Catherine Parr, who had been his friend before she had the dubious honor of becoming the last of Henry VIII's six, mostly ill-starred wives.

Chasing justice in Henry VIII's England Patrick Anderson 2011