bad luck


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Synonyms for bad luck

an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate

unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

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Again, the belief is that leaving the decorations up any later is inviting bad luck.
There may be many reasons for a year of bad luck - but the actual year makes no difference at all.
Do you think it's kamalasan or may diperensya talaga (Why is this bad luck happening?
A black cat - CC via Pixabay CAIRO -- 16 February 2018: People all over the world have extraordinary stories and myths about the causes of bad luck, especially in Egypt.
FASHION p13 in Turkey, people wear red underwear on NYE to give them good luck (although it's bad luck at any other time of the year).
Seventeen-year-old Alice Crewe was raised on the road as she and her single mother, Ella, tried to outrun the bad luck that seemed to follow them everywhere.
LAST Saturday you kindly published a letter of mine pointing out how bad luck can often lead to good can lead to bad can lead to...
This finding provides new insight into whether cancer is simply a result of bad luck or a bad lifestyle, and debunks the idea that the variation in cancer risk among different organs is due to a difference in the number of "accidental mistakes" introduced during normal stem cell processes.
He told the Irish Mirror: "I've hopefully had my run of bad luck for this tournament and a lifetime."
Andrew Tweddle, coroner for County Durham, said Mr Grant's death was not from natural causes or an accident and described him as having 'bad luck.'.
With black cats believed to bring bad luck in the country, the idea was to collect all the black cats and fly them out of the country.