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unluck en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + luck.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Absence or lack of luck; lucklessness; bad luck; misfortune.
    • With a look of amusement on your face you ask me if I believe in luck. I fumble around for an answer, but the question stays with me as I venture out into the chill of the afternoon. It's not luck I believe in, but unluck. I have seen unluck in many guises. 2010, Suzanne Werner, Snapshots:
    • Truly the unluck had been visited upon him. 2004, Sonny Brewer, Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe III:

Synonyms

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