misluck
verbEtymology From mis- + luck.
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Archaic To have ill luck; to be unlucky.
misluck
noun/mɪsˈlʌk/
Etymology From mis- + luck.
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Ill luck; misfortune.
- [...] misluck would have it, however, that this emperor reigned no longer than half a year.1997, Michael von Albrecht, Gareth L. Schmeling, A History of Roman Literature:
- If Good- for-little had been buried, it had been my Tommy, Who by misluck was placed to drive in.2007, Raymond Hickey, Irish English:
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- Your belief is true and justified, but not knowledge. In this case you're unlucky enough to be driving through a neighborhood beset by deceptive appearances, but this misluck is corrected by your just.2007, Robert C. Roberts, W. Jay Wood, Intellectual Virtues:
- Derived terms
- mislucky