Usually means: Persistent misfortune despite good efforts.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. hard-luck: Merriam-Webster
  2. hard luck: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hard-luck: Wordnik
  4. Hard luck: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. hard luck: Wiktionary
  6. Hard Luck: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Hard Luck: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. hard luck: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Hard Luck: Legal dictionary

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  1. Hard Luck: Encyclopedia

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  1. Hard Luck: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hard luck)

▸ noun:  Bad luck.

Similar:
tough luck, ill luck, bad luck, misfortune, tough break, mischance, ill-fortune, ill-luck, bad trot, bad iron, more...

Opposite:
good fortune, success, prosperity

Phrases:
hard luck story, hard luck stories, Hard Luck Woman, more...

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Similar:
tough luck, ill luck, bad luck, misfortune, tough break, mischance, ill-fortune, ill-luck, bad trot, bad iron, more...

Opposite:
good fortune, success, prosperity

Phrases:
hard luck story, hard luck stories, Hard Luck Woman, more...



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