bad luck

phrase

—used in speech to show sympathy for someone who has failed or has been disappointed

"I didn't get the job." "Bad luck!"

Examples of bad luck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The organization seems to have bad luck in terms of the sustainability of its real estate holdings. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The Tigers have still been haunted by bouts of bad luck and maddening failures to close out games. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Since then, the Scottish Play—as it is often called in the theater world, to ward off bad luck—has been performed and adapted countless times, for stage and screen. — Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026

Schaldemose plays grieving widow Anna who returns to Hel Island to bury her late husband after his suicide, and is promptly cast out by the eccentric locals for being a symbol of bad luck and evil. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for bad luck

• amok
• amuck
• awestruck
• dumbstruck
• potluck
• roebuck
• unstuck
• woodchuck
• chuck
• cluck
• duck
• huck