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 peripheral stats like WHIP and FIP were virtually identical to last year's, but sometimes, bad luck gets in the way.
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 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
Ted is optimistic that this budding romance is the beginning of his Christmas comeback, but his looming holiday bad luck still has a few curveballs in store for him.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Black cats, unlucky numbers, and breaking a mirror mean seven years of bad luck.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 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
Ted is optimistic that this budding romance is the beginning of his Christmas comeback, but his looming holiday bad luck still has a few curveballs in store for him.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Black cats, unlucky numbers, and breaking a mirror mean seven years of bad luck.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 23 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 31 Oct. 2025.
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