misluck

alternative misluk

1. uncountableIll luck; misfortune.

   [...] misluck would have it, however, that this emperor reigned no longer than half a year.

   1997, Michael von Albrecht, Gareth L. Schmeling, A History of Roman Literature

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   If Good- for-little had been buried, it had been my Tommy, Who by misluck was placed to drive in.

   2007, Raymond Hickey, Irish English

   Your belief is true and justified, but not knowledge. In this case you're unlucky enough to be driving through a neighborhood beset by deceptive appearances, but this misluck is corrected by your just.

   2007, Robert C. Roberts, W. Jay Wood, Intellectual Virtues

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

present singular third person mislucks · participle present mislucking · participle past mislucked · past mislucked · alternative misluk

1. archaicintransitiveTo have ill luck; to be unlucky.