What Is A Person Known As Who Is Not Considered To Be Lucky By Another Person?

There are several possible answers to this. Of course the simplest answer is just "unlucky." However there are several other descriptive words and phrases you can use, depending on your attitude to the person.

For instance, you could call him or her a "loser" or "born victim." Both of these imply that the person's bad luck is somehow his/ her own fault. Or if you want to imply that they actually BRING bad luck, to themselves or others, you could describe them as "jinxed" or even (though this is a bit old-fashioned and exaggerated) "cursed." Or you can convey the same idea more simply, just by saying "he/she brings bad luck." All these imply that it's not the person's fault, but something about them just seems to attract ill luck.

Finally there is the word "hapless." Rather like helpless, this word suggests that nothing this person does goes right.

I hope this is what you're looking for. A pity it took so long - I only just found your question by accident!

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Unlucky, perhaps? A person, who is not regarded to be particularly lucky by another, is generally what is called as a 'jinx' for the other person. A jinx is basically a superstitious term used to describe an item or person which brings bad luck. The word is derived from the word 'jynx' which is used in witchcraft, in turn derived from the word 'inyx' in Latin, from 'iunx' in Greek, perhaps from 'iuzein' which means to call or cry.

On the other hand, if a person is regarded to be lucky by another person, he is simply called as that person's good luck charm, or something similar to that.

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