The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unchancy \Un*chan"cy\, a. [Pref un- + Scot. chancy fortunate, safe.]
Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient.
--A. Trollope.Ill-fated; unlucky. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous. [Scot.]
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context chiefly Scotland English) unfortunate, ill-fortuned. 2 (context chiefly Scotland English) dangerous, unsafe.
Usage examples of "unchancy".
I mean that you may have an unchancy voyage to Tathcaer, and a grim welcome if you arrive.
She sat like a creature born of the earth, still as stone, her eyes strange and unchancy as wind in the mad season between winter and spring.
Few came here, even in daylight, for the nameless hill range had an unchancy reputation.
He summoned the Guard, but, despite the carnage, he didn't even consider turning his unchancy guests out.
An unchancy fellow, because there was no guessing from his face what went on behind the deep-set eyes.
Since the times grew so unchancy we've withdrawn all our sheep and cattle from there, but keep two lay brothers still -in the house.
But the bow is a mighty powerful persuader, and after all, an unchancy fellow like me mightbe in earnest.
They've right on their side, and he's an unchancy loon to meddle with.
Moreover, he took his own risks, rather than delegating these unchancy journeys to his underlings.