bad luck
noun1
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.2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
- Synonyms
- adverseness, adversity, bad cess, bad luck, disadventure, hard luck, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, misluck, tough luck, unfortunateness, unluck, unluckiness
- Antonyms
- See Thesaurus:good luck
- Related terms
- hard lines, hard cheese, dumb luck
- Hypernyms
- luck