Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finagle's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fi-na-gle's law
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will at the worst possible moment.

Example Sentences

"Head directly for Altair Six. Sailor's luck, Mister Spock. Or, as one of Finagle's Laws puts it, 'Any home port the ship makes ill be somebody else's, not mine'."

Frequently Paired Words

serendipity

Synonyms

Murphy's law Sod's law

Questions

What does finagle's law mean?: An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will at the worst possible moment.

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