Un*chan"cy (?), a. [Pref un- + Scot. chancy fortunate, safe.]

1.

Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient.

A. Trollope.

2.

Ill-fated; unlucky.

[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

3.

Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous.

[Scot.]

 

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