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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard-luck

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
hard-luck
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Marked by or experiencing difficulty, as if by bad luck.

Etymology

From hard + luck.

Inflected Forms

more hard-luck (comparative) most hard-luck (superlative) hardluck (alternative)

Questions

What does hard-luck mean?
Marked by or experiencing difficulty, as if by bad luck.
Where does hard-luck come from?
From hard + luck.

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