If you describe something or someone as ill-starred, you mean that they were unlucky or unsuccessful.
例句
...an ill-starred attempt to create jobs in Northern Ireland.在北爱尔兰创造就业机会的很不走运的尝试
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. 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