foredoom to failure
1foredoom — verb condemn beforehand to certain failure …
2jinx — I. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of jynx wryneck; from the use of wrynecks in witchcraft Date: 1911 one that brings bad luck; also the state or spell of bad luck brought on by a jinx II. transitive verb Date: 1917 to foredoom to failure or… …
