ill-fortune

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ill-fortune

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From ill + fortune.

noun ill-fortunes · ill fortune

Bad luck; misfortune They certainly had their moments and will complain of ill-fortune, about a suspicion of handball before Tielemans' goal and those magnificent saves from Schmeichel but this was a stuttering Chelsea, not the smooth machine that saw off Real Madrid with such comfort in the Champions League semi-final

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@misc{ill_fortune_2026,
  title = {ill-fortune},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-fortune},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}