Wiktionary
n. (context uncountable English) misfortune.
WordNet
n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes [syn: misfortune, tough luck, ill luck] [ant: good fortune, good fortune]
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" [syn: mischance, mishap]
unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event [syn: misfortune]
Wikipedia
"Bad Luck" is a punk rock song and the second track from Social Distortion's fourth studio album Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell which was released in 1992.
It was the album's first single, and it peaked at number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, marking the highest initial charting single in Social Distortion's career. There has not been a higher charting Social Distortion single since.
Bad luck may refer to:
- Harmful, negative, or undesirable luck or fortune
- Bad Luck (film), a 1960 film directed by Andrzej Munk
- "Bad Luck" (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song)
- "Bad Luck" (Social Distortion song)
- Bad Luck, an album by Trophy Scars
- Bad Luck, a band consisting of the main characters in the manga/anime Gravitation
Bad Luck is a 1960 Polish comedy film directed by Andrzej Munk. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.
"Bad Luck" (Part 1) is a 1975 disco/R&B/pop single by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. The single was a number one Disco/Dance hit for eleven weeks. On the soul chart "Bad Luck" went to #4 and also peaked at #15 on the Hot 100.
Usage examples of "bad luck".
During this time of turmoil, the goddess of luck, Tyche, split into two lesser fragments-Tymora and Beshaba-with the two lesser goddesses representing good and bad luck, respectively.
A great thing when a fellow can't come to his own relations when he's had a little run of bad luck.
You may be in the safest spot there is and have the bad luck of a globe landing on you.
It was in July, 1910, that the bad luck regarding specimens began to turn.
Citizens who were distinguished by outstanding good or bad luck had a Fortuna.
Perhaps I had had my share of bad luck, for good luck stayed with me for the rest of my journey across the Indian sub-continent.
I said it looked to me like all the signs was about bad luck, and so I asked him if there warn't any good-luck signs.