bad luck
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bad luck
- /bæd lʌk/
noun
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An undesirable turn of events (such as an accident); misfortune.
McCarthy will point to their bad luck but the statistics now show that Wolves have lost four league matches and have claimed one point from a possible 15 - so it may prove to be another difficult season for the Midlands side.
Similar: adverseness, adversity, bad cess, bad luck, disadventure, hard luck, ill luck, illfare, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap · Opposite: felicity, fortune, fortuitousness, fortuity, good cess, good fortune, good luck, happiness, luck
Opposite: See Thesaurus:good luck
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Opposite: See Thesaurus:good luck
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noun misfortune
| Español | mala pata, mala suerte, mala leche, gafe, desgracia, desventura |
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| 한국어 | 불운 burun, 불행 bulhaeng |
| 日本語 | 不運 fuun |
| 中文 | 運氣不好 /运气不好 yùnqi bùhǎo, 壞運氣 /坏运气 huài yùnqi, 噩運 /噩运 èyùn, 不幸 bùxìng, 倒霉 dǎoméi, 霉運 méiyùn |
| हिन्दी | अभाग्य abhāgya, दुर्भाग्य durbhāgya |
| Kiswahili | nuksi |
| Português | azar, má sorte |
| Français | guignon, guigne, malchance, poisse, manque de bol, pas de bol |
| Deutsch | Pech, Unglück, Ungemach |
| Italiano | iella, sfiga, sfortuna, malasorte |
| Română | ghinion, neșansă, nenoroc |
| Русский | невезе́ние nevezénije, несча́стье nesčástʹje, неуда́ча neudáča, го́ре góre, беда́ bedá |
| Tiếng Việt | họa |
| العربية | نَحْس naḥs, سُوءُ الحَظّ sūʔu l-ḥaẓẓ, بَلاء balāʔ |
| עברית | נחס nakhs |
Talk about this word "bad luck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bad%20luck. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bad luck. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bad%20luck "bad luck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bad%20luck.Cite this
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title = {bad luck},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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