unfortunate knack

Frequency: 4.82.5 per million words

An unlucky tendency to do something undesirable.

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  • He had the unfortunate knack of making enemies in the party.
  • She developed an unfortunate knack for saying the wrong thing at the worst possible moment.
  • My boss has an unfortunate knack for remembering all my past mistakes.
  • The team seems to have an unfortunate knack of losing games in the final minutes.
  • Despite his intelligence, he possessed an unfortunate knack for misplacing important documents.
  • The new software has an unfortunate knack of crashing whenever I save my work.
  • It's an unfortunate knack to always arrive late, no matter how early you start.
  • This restaurant has an unfortunate knack for running out of popular dishes.
  • She discovered an unfortunate knack for attracting bad luck wherever she went.
  • He has the unfortunate knack of always interrupting people during important conversations.