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What does ill-starred mean?

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Adjective
  1. doomed to a bad fate; hapless
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Ever since Atlanta's ill-starred Olympics of 1996, it has been accepted that good transport is the key to every major sporting event.
Almost 5000 Allied troops died that day, and Capa, the ill-starred gambler, was fortunate not to be among the dead.
The ill-starred USS Pueblo itself has never been stricken from the Navy's roster of active ships.
Othello's jealous rages grieved not only her, his ill-starred wife, but also all those under his command.
Snow can also be heard giving directions to his ill-starred actors.
From memory, the ill-starred City Life also began with someone being dispatched by a road accident, in which core characters connected to him were involved.

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