ill luck

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ill luck

noun ill-luck

  1. uncountable Bad luck; misluck; misfortune. Then, as we have reported, bogie defects came to light on the first few production "Deltics" [...]; these have now been remedied, but inevitably deliveries, trial running and particularly crew training were retarded as a result, so that once again ill luck has dogged the East Coast Route timetable p

    Similar: hard luck, unluck, adverseness, adversity, bad cess, bad luck, disadventure, ill luck, illfare, misadventure, mischance, misfortune

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@misc{ill_luck_2026,
  title = {ill luck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill%20luck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}