bad luck

1. see under run of luck.

Example Sentences

"But if you think about it, we've had bad luck for years. It's about time."

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“But perhaps that’s a bad idea. The old chap came to a gooey, gruesome end, after all. What do you think, Quinzy? Is it bad luck to name the child Edward?”

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“Miss Lumley. Your snooping or mail delivering or whatever it was seems to have been a bit of bad luck, for both of us. Now my little secret is out.”

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“This is not a tragedy of bad luck, this is a tragedy of corporate failures.”

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Gabriel follows various leads and makes connections but eventually has bad luck: “Grade-two bad luck,” he clarifies to a colleague.

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Related Words

• adversity 
• hard time 
• hardship 
• misfortune 
• setback 
• tragedy