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单词 unchancy
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Definition of unchancy in English:

unchancy

adjectiveunchanciest, unchancierʌnˈtʃɑːnsiˌənˈCHansē
Scottish
  • Unlucky, inauspicious, or dangerous.

    〈主苏格兰〉运气不佳的;倒霉的;危险的

    it would be indefensible, and even perhaps unchancy, to let him pay
    he stood still, narrowly observing this unchancy opponent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A boggle is a bogey, an unchancy spirit; he lives there.
    • He summoned the Guard, but, despite the carnage, he didn't even consider turning his unchancy guests out.
    • Like cross-roads, bridges are unchancy places, balanced as they are earth to earth, between past and future - and therefore risky; but I didn't want to wade in the fast-moving depths below, no mater how natural.
    • It cuts against the grain to be having aught to do with such unchancy things, but if Tomanâk is after being a good enough captain for you to be swearing loyalty to, then that's good enough for me.
    • This is a good town for a book, but very unchancy.
    Synonyms
    risky, uncertain, unpredictable, touch-and-go, precarious, unsafe, dangerous, perilous, high-risk, hazardous, fraught with danger

Definition of unchancy in US English:

unchancy

adjectiveˌənˈCHansē
Scottish
  • Unlucky, inauspicious, or dangerous.

    〈主苏格兰〉运气不佳的;倒霉的;危险的

    it would be indefensible, and even perhaps unchancy, to let him pay
    he stood still, narrowly observing this unchancy opponent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It cuts against the grain to be having aught to do with such unchancy things, but if Tomanâk is after being a good enough captain for you to be swearing loyalty to, then that's good enough for me.
    • A boggle is a bogey, an unchancy spirit; he lives there.
    • Like cross-roads, bridges are unchancy places, balanced as they are earth to earth, between past and future - and therefore risky; but I didn't want to wade in the fast-moving depths below, no mater how natural.
    • This is a good town for a book, but very unchancy.
    • He summoned the Guard, but, despite the carnage, he didn't even consider turning his unchancy guests out.
    Synonyms
    risky, uncertain, unpredictable, touch-and-go, precarious, unsafe, dangerous, perilous, high-risk, hazardous, fraught with danger
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