Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unlucky; unfortunate; ill-fated; uncanny.
- Dangerous.
- Inconvenient; unseasonable; unsuitable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient.
- adjective Prov. Eng. & Scot. Ill-fated; unlucky.
- adjective Scot. Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous.
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- adjective
Unfortunate , ill-fortuned. - adjective
Dangerous ,unsafe .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This far from human and Elven lands there are all manner of unchancy things prowling.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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I cannot but think that there is no safety in having such unchancy creatures about ane.
The Monastery 2008
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What sort of unchancy firedrake do you take me for?
Kenny & the Dragon Tony Diterlizzi 2008
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So, I knowing the people to pe unchancy, and not to lippen to, and hearing a pibroch in the wood, I pegan to pid my lads look to their flints, and then —
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There was great glory and triumph in this; but why had his grace come at so unchancy a moment?
Framley Parsonage 2004
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This far from human and Elven lands there are all manner of unchancy things prowling.
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This was unchancy ground and Jim was relieved they were approaching the Adelaide turning where the red-brick shops and naphtha flares would prove a civilizing force.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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“There™s big curses and minor ones,” said the dwarven expert, “the curse of your mother-in-law and the curse of an unchancy god.”
The Lioness Berberick, Nancy Varian 2002
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Kerian agreed, and she did not call upon the unchancy magic until they saw clear sky above them again.
The Lioness Berberick, Nancy Varian 2002
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This was unchancy ground and Jim was relieved they were approaching the Adelaide turning where the red-brick shops and naphtha flares would prove a civilizing force.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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