ill luck

alternative ill-luck

1. uncountableBad luck; misluck; misfortune.

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   Then, as we have reported, bogie defects came to light on the first few production "Deltics" [...]; these have now been remedied, but inevitably deliveries, trial running and particularly crew training were retarded as a result, so that once again ill luck has dogged the East Coast Route timetable planners.

   1961 September, “Background to the new winter timetables of the East Coast”, in Modern Railways, page 528

   Synonyms: hard luck, unluck, adverseness, adversity, bad cess, bad luck, disadventure, hard luck