bad luck

1. An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes (synset 114498989)
   is a type of: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
   subtypes:

   • weakness - the condition of being financially weak
   • adversity, hard knocks, hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction
   • gutter, sewer, toilet - misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
   • hard cheese - bad luck
   same as: ill luck, misfortune, tough luck
2. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate (synset 111447956)
   "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"
   is a type of: chance, fortune, hazard, luck - an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
   same as: mischance, mishap
3. Unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event (synset 107319470)
   is a type of: trouble - an event causing distress or pain
   subtypes:

   • pity, shame - an unfortunate development
   • misadventure, mischance, mishap - an instance of misfortune
   • calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
   • adversity - a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
   • hardship - something that causes or entails suffering
   • knock - a bad experience
   same as: misfortune

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