bad luck
idiom
—used in speech to show sympathy for someone who has failed or has been disappointed
"I didn't get the job." "Bad luck!"
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Determined to melt away any bad luck attached to it, Holly boiled it.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Nothing left but to make something out of bad luck, whatever the something was.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
But Arnault’s bad luck streak has seemingly turned around (for now, at least).
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
There’s bad luck and then there’s really bad luck.
—Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Nothing left but to make something out of bad luck, whatever the something was.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
But Arnault’s bad luck streak has seemingly turned around (for now, at least).
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
There’s bad luck and then there’s really bad luck.
—Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bad luck
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“Bad luck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20luck. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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