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ill-fortunes

ill-fortunes is the plural of ill-fortune.

Meaning of ill-fortune

Noun

ill-fortune (plural ill-fortunes)

  1. Bad luck; misfortune
    • They certainly had their moments and will complain of ill-fortune, about a suspicion of handball before Tielemans' goal and those magnificent saves from Schmeichel but this was a stuttering Chelsea, not the smooth machine that saw off Real Madrid with such comfort in the Champions League semi-final...2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport

Questions about ill-fortunes

What is ill-fortunes the plural of?
Ill-fortunes is the plural of ill-fortune.

Words near ill-fortunes in the dictionary

  1. ill-fed
  2. ill-fitting
  3. ill-formed
  4. ill-formedness
  5. ill-fortune
  6. ill-fortunes
  7. ill-founded
  8. ill-got gains
  9. ill-gotten
  10. ill-gotten gains
  11. ill-gotten gains never prosper

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