unluckiness
NOUN
misfortune
Synonyms
WEAK
accident
adversity
affliction
annoyance
anxiety
bad break
bad luck
bad news
blow
burden
calamity
casualty
cataclysm
catastrophe
contretemps
crunch
debacle
disadvantage
disappointment
discomfort
dole
failure
haplessness
hard luck
hardship
harm
inconvenience
infelicity
loss
misadventure
mischance
misery
mishap
nuisance
reverse
rotten luck
setback
tough luck
tragedy
trial
tribulation
trouble
unfortunateness
unluck
unpleasantness
untowardness
visitation
worry
Example Sentences
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Now, Sir, I dare say you will agree with me, that as there is no Moral in these Jests, they ought to be discouraged, and looked upon rather as pieces of Unluckiness than Wit.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
