'Ill-starred' definitions:

Definition of 'ill-starred'

adjective

Marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott [syn: doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky]

Definition of 'Ill-starred'

From: GCIDE

Ill-starred \Ill"-starred`\, a. Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.
Syn: ill-fated, ill-omened, unlucky. [1913 Webster WordNet 1.5]

Synonyms of 'ill-starred'

From: Moby Thesaurus

baleful,
bodeful,
fateful,
foreboding,
hapless,
ill-fated,
luckless,
malefic,
malign,
ominous,
portentous,
sinister,
star-crossed,
unfavorable,
unfortunate,
unhappy,
unpromising,
unpropitious,
untoward