Bad luck

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An undesirable turn of events (such as an accident); misfortune. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event wordnet
  3. 3
    an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate wordnet
  4. 4
    an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes wordnet

Example

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"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."