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Samerrustom Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Misfortune VS Bad luck

Could I use them interchangeably ?

Can I say " It is a bad luck to wake up and find your car's tires are down"?
Can I say "It is a misfortune to wake up and find your car's tires are down"?

Can I say "It is a misfortune to get fired while you are a financial hardship"?
  

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Yes, they are interchangeable; although 'bad luck' is more common in my experience. When it is an unforeseen cause that results in the 'firing', it could be used (or 'bad luck'). However, whether you are in financial hardship or not does not create the bad luck, it just makes it worse.

— Wilpeter

  • Yes, they are interchangeable; although 'bad luck' is more common in my experience.
  • When it is an unforeseen cause that results in the 'firing', it could be used (or 'bad luck').
  • However, whether you are in financial hardship or not does not create the bad luck, it just makes it worse.
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Yes, they are interchangeable; although 'bad luck' is more common in my experience.
When it is an unforeseen cause that results in the 'firing', it could be used (or 'bad luck'). However, whether you are in financial hardship or not does not create the bad luck, it just makes it worse.
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Can I say " It is a bad luck. . . '?

'Luck' is uncountable, so just say It is bad luck . . .

If you want to speak in a countable way, say eg It is a piece of bad luck.

Clive
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I would like to thank you for your great notice that luck is uncountable noun.
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Thank you .

I would like to ask you if there is a difference in meaning between the following adjectives:
"unforeseen", "unexpected" and "unanticipated"
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While these three adjectives share meanings, they are not equally popular. The most common is ‘unexpected’ (positive or negative) and fits many circumstances without implying that it could not have been considered; ‘unforeseen’ implies a negative situation, where perhaps no amount of preparation was possible; and ‘unanticipated’ implies a lack of forethought and training (such as when a boxer ove
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