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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His velocity was up a bit in the second half, and his strikeout rate also jumped from 31% to 39%, so there's a case to be made that bad luck amplifies a slight regression from arguably the best reliever in the game to merely one of the best 10 to 15 in the league.
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
The five-on-five goal share will improve; Edmonton captain Connor McDavid has been playing in some bad luck so far this season.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Our bad luck streak was impressive.
—Maggie MacIntosh, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
Rather, his dream dissipated into a torrent of mismatched expectations, bad luck, and fear that the project might really be cursed by an unseen force.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
The five-on-five goal share will improve; Edmonton captain Connor McDavid has been playing in some bad luck so far this season.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Our bad luck streak was impressive.
—Maggie MacIntosh, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
Rather, his dream dissipated into a torrent of mismatched expectations, bad luck, and fear that the project might really be cursed by an unseen force.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 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 13 Nov. 2025.
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