"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"
ill-fated的用法和樣例:
例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
More unhappiness followed Mansfield when she became seriously ill. 在她患重病時,不幸的事接踵而來。