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puhekieltä bad luck
2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/15/tour-de-france-2012-bradley-wiggins Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.
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The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant
puhekieltä an undesirable event such as an accident
1839, Charles Robert Darwin, http://www.bartleby.com/29/10.html The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X
- The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune, happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!
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She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.
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