malchance
Meanings
Noun
1. mischance, misfortune, bad luck
Examples11
J'ai eu une série de malchances.
I had a run of bad luck.
La malchance l'a poursuivi toute sa vie.
Misfortune dogged him all his life.
Elle a attribué son échec à la malchance.
She ascribed her failure to bad luck.
Il attribue souvent ses échecs à la malchance.
He often attributes his failures to bad luck.
Il attribue sa pauvreté à la malchance.
He ascribes his poverty to bad luck.
Son échec tient-il à de l'incompétence ou à la malchance?
Is his failure ascribable to incompetence or to bad luck?