"bad luck" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bad luck (uncountable)
  1. (uncountable) An undesirable turn of events (such as an accident); misfortune. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: hard luck, tough luck, ill luck, mischance, misluck, mishap, misfortune Related terms: hard lines, hard cheese Translations (misfortune): περικάκησις (perikákēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), نَحْس (naḥs) (Arabic), سُوءُ الحَظّ (sūʔu l-ḥaẓẓ) (Arabic), лош късме́т (loš kǎsmét) [masculine] (Bulgarian), неща́стие (neštástie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), несполу́ка (nespolúka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), малша́нс (malšáns) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mala sort [feminine] (Catalan), tsoka (Chichewa), 運氣不好 (Chinese Mandarin), 运气不好 (yùnqi bùhǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 壞運氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 坏运气 (huài yùnqi) (Chinese Mandarin), 噩運 (Chinese Mandarin), 噩运 (èyùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 不幸 (bùxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 倒霉 (dǎoméi) (Chinese Mandarin), 霉運 (méiyùn) (Chinese Mandarin), smůla [feminine] (Czech), uheld [neuter] (Danish), pech [masculine] (Dutch), ongeluk [neuter] (Dutch), malbonŝanco (Esperanto), huono tuuri (Finnish), guignon [masculine] (French), guigne [feminine, informal] (French), malchance [feminine] (French), poisse [feminine, informal] (French), manque de bol [masculine] (French), pas de bol [masculine] (French), manque de cul [masculine, vulgar] (French), Pech [neuter] (German), Unglück [neuter] (German), נחס (nakhs) (Hebrew), balszerencse (Hungarian), Unglick [neuter] (Hunsrik), óhamingja [feminine] (Icelandic), ógæfa [feminine] (Icelandic), iella [feminine] (Italian), sfiga [feminine] (Italian), sfortuna [feminine] (Italian), malasorte [feminine] (Italian), 不運 (fuun) (alt: ふうん) (Japanese), 불운 (burun) (Korean), res adversae [feminine] (Latin), fortuna mala [feminine] (Latin), res mala (Latin), adversa [neuter, plural] (Latin), Ongléck [neuter] (Luxembourgish), നിർഭാഗ്യം (niṟbhāgyaṁ) (Malayalam), lag-haghyrt [masculine] (Manx), kōtua (Maori), kōtuatanga (Maori), азгүйдэл (azgüjdel) (Mongolian), uheld [neuter] (Norwegian), uflaks [masculine] (Norwegian), debizi (Ojibwe), maazhise (Ojibwe), Unglick [neuter] (Pennsylvania German), بدشانسی (badšânsi) (Persian), pech [masculine] (Polish), azar (Portuguese), qhincha (Quechua), ghinion [neuter] (Romanian), nenoroc [neuter] (Romanian), невезе́ние (nevezénije) [neuter] (Russian), несча́стье (nesčástʹje) [neuter] (Russian), неуда́ча (neudáča) [feminine] (Russian), mì-àdh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), zlostreća [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), scutra [feminine] (Sicilian), malanova [feminine] (Sicilian), mala pata [feminine, informal] (Spanish), mala suerte [feminine] (Spanish), mal fario (Spanish), mala leche (english: Hispanic America) [feminine] (Spanish), gafe [masculine] (Spanish), desgracia [feminine] (Spanish), desventura [feminine] (Spanish), macacoa [feminine] (Spanish), mavita [feminine] (Spanish), ñeque [masculine] (Spanish), pandura [feminine] (Spanish), trampucheta [feminine] (Spanish), yeta [South-America, feminine] (Spanish), yetazo [Chile, masculine] (Spanish), nuksi (Swahili), otur [common-gender] (Swedish), kötü şans (Turkish), kör talih (Turkish), şanssızlık (Turkish), uğursuzluk (Turkish), mifät (Volapük)
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          "sense": "misfortune",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lag-haghyrt"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "kōtua"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "kōtuatanga"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "azgüjdel",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "азгүйдэл"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "uheld"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uflaks"
        },
        {
          "code": "oj",
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "debizi"
        },
        {
          "code": "oj",
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "maazhise"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdc",
          "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Unglick"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "badšânsi",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "بدشانسی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pech"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "azar"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "qhincha"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ghinion"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nenoroc"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nevezénije",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "невезе́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nesčástʹje",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "несча́стье"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neudáča",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "неуда́ча"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mì-àdh"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zlostreća"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "scutra"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "malanova"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "mala pata"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mala suerte"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "mal fario"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "Hispanic America",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mala leche"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gafe"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "desgracia"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "desventura"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "macacoa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mavita"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ñeque"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pandura"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trampucheta"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "South-America",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "yeta"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "yetazo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "nuksi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "otur"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "kötü şans"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "kör talih"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "şanssızlık"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "uğursuzluk"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "misfortune",
          "word": "mifät"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bad luck"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "good luck"
    },
    {
      "word": "good fortune"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "bad luck (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hard lines"
    },
    {
      "word": "hard cheese"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Chichewa translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Hunsrik translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Luxembourgish translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Manx translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Ojibwe translations",
        "Terms with Pennsylvania German translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Quechua translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Sicilian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swahili translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "McCarthy will point to their bad luck but the statistics now show that Wolves have lost four league matches and have claimed one point from a possible 15 - so it may prove to be another difficult season for the Midlands side.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An undesirable turn of events (such as an accident); misfortune."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "accident",
          "accident"
        ],
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) An undesirable turn of events (such as an accident); misfortune."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hard luck"
    },
    {
      "word": "tough luck"
    },
    {
      "word": "ill luck"
    },
    {
      "word": "mischance"
    },
    {
      "word": "misluck"
    },
    {
      "word": "mishap"
    },
    {
      "word": "misfortune"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naḥs",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "نَحْس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sūʔu l-ḥaẓẓ",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "سُوءُ الحَظّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "loš kǎsmét",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лош късме́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neštástie",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "неща́стие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nespolúka",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "несполу́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "malšáns",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "малша́нс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mala sort"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "tsoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "運氣不好"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùnqi bùhǎo",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "运气不好"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "壞運氣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huài yùnqi",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "坏运气"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "噩運"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "èyùn",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "噩运"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùxìng",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "不幸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎoméi",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "倒霉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "méiyùn",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "霉運"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smůla"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uheld"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pech"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ongeluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "malbonŝanco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "huono tuuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guignon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "guigne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malchance"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "poisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manque de bol"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pas de bol"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "manque de cul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pech"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Unglück"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "perikákēsis",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "περικάκησις"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nakhs",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "נחס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "balszerencse"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Unglick"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "óhamingja"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ógæfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iella"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sfiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sfortuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malasorte"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふうん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuun",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "不運"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "burun",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "불운"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "res adversae"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fortuna mala"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "res mala"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "adversa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ongléck"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "niṟbhāgyaṁ",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "നിർഭാഗ്യം"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lag-haghyrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "kōtua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "kōtuatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "azgüjdel",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "азгүйдэл"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uheld"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uflaks"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "debizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "maazhise"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdc",
      "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Unglick"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "badšânsi",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "بدشانسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pech"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "azar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "qhincha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ghinion"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nenoroc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevezénije",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "невезе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesčástʹje",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "несча́стье"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neudáča",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неуда́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mì-àdh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zlostreća"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scutra"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malanova"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "mala pata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mala suerte"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "mal fario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Hispanic America",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mala leche"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gafe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desgracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desventura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macacoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mavita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ñeque"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pandura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trampucheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "South-America",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "yeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yetazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "nuksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "otur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "kötü şans"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "kör talih"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "şanssızlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "uğursuzluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "misfortune",
      "word": "mifät"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bad luck"
}

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