bad luck

NOUN

rotten break

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adversity hard time hardship misfortune setback tragedy

WEAK

bad break blow devil's own luck hard cheese hard luck ill luck mischance raw deal reverse rotten luck tough break tough luck

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage blessing boon favor success

Example Sentences

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If you have the bad luck of experiencing a market downturn at the outset, your slope of growth will forever be lower.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Tradition calls for spending the day outdoors to ward off bad luck.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Meta and Google both vowed to appeal verdicts that were handed down by civil juries in Los Angeles County and Santa Fe, N.M., brushing off the losses as a bit of bad luck.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

But it was Russell's bad luck to join Mercedes just as they made a hash of the new regulations that were introduced in 2022.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

There's something wrong with me for thinking like this, for wishing bad luck to Leo, but I know everything in life has to have a trade.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

bad luck

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