| NOUN | state | bad luck, misfortune, tough luck, ill luck | an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes |
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| phenomenon | bad luck, mischance, mishap | an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate / unfortunate | |
| event | bad luck, misfortune | unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate / unfortunate event |
| Meaning | An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes. | |
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| Synonyms | misfortune, tough luck, ill luck | |
| Narrower | adversity, hardship, hard knocks | A state of misfortune or affliction |
| gutter, sewer, toilet | misfortune resulting in lost effort or money | |
| hard cheese | bad luck | |
| weakness | The condition of being financially weak | |
| Broader | fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion | Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens / happens to you) |
| Opposite | good fortune, luckiness, good luck | An auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes |
| Spanish | desdicha, desgracia, desventura, infortunio, mala suerte | |
| Catalan | calamitat, desgràcia, desventura, infortuni, mala sort, malastrugança | |
| Meaning | An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate / unfortunate. | |
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| Example | "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" | |
| Synonyms | mischance, mishap | |
| Broader | luck, fortune, chance, hazard | An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way / way rather than another |
| Spanish | contratiempo, desdicha, desgracia, desventura, infortunio, percance | |
| Catalan | calamitat, desgràcia, desventura, infortuni, malastrugança | |
| Meaning | unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate / unfortunate event. | |
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| Synonym | misfortune | |
| Narrower | adversity | A stroke of ill fortune |
| calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm | An event resulting in great loss and misfortune | |
| hardship | Something that causes or entails suffering | |
| knock | A bad experience | |
| mishap, misadventure, mischance | An instance of misfortune | |
| pity, shame | An unfortunate / unfortunate development | |
| Broader | trouble | An event causing distress / distress or pain |
| Spanish | desgracia, infortunio, mala suerte, través | |
| Catalan | desgràcia, mala sort | |
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