Dictionary

misluck en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /mɪsˈlʌk/

Etymology

From mis- + luck.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Ill luck; misfortune.
   • 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:
   • [...] 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:

Forms

Deriveds

mislucky

Synonyms

misluck · adverseness · bad luck · mishap · unluckiness · unluck · bad cess · ill luck · mischance · unfortunateness · hard luck · mischance · illfare · misfortune · disadventure · tough luck · adversity · unluck · misadventure

misluck en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /mɪsˈlʌk/

Etymology

From mis- + luck.

Meanings

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

Forms