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misluck

  • /mɪsˈlʌk/

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From mis- + luck.

noun misluk

  1. uncountable Ill luck; misfortune. [...] misluck would have it, however, that this emperor reigned no longer than half a year.

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

verb mislucks · mislucking · mislucked · misluk

  1. archaic, intransitive To have ill luck; to be unlucky.

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@misc{misluck_2026,
  title = {misluck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misluck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}