The phrase "against misfortune" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a stance or action taken to counteract or protect oneself from bad luck or unfortunate events.
Example: "She always believed that hard work and perseverance would help her stand against misfortune."
Alternatives: "in the face of adversity" or "in times of trouble".
Yet humour still functions as a defence mechanism against misfortune.
(If taxpayers need insurance against misfortune, they must pay for it themselves, of course).Subsidised crop insurance is also bad for the environment.
(His appearance of guilt marks, rather, the sin of pride: the belief that one can guard against misfortune through good intentions and good planning).
Anxiety leads them to build up a "buffer stock" of wealth, which will be some multiple of their normal income, as a hedge against misfortune.
The mask is later cast aside and replaced by a small ivory duplicate, worn as a charm against misfortune and as a symbol of manhood.
The Cabeiri are often identified with the Great Gods of Samothrace, where the mysteries attracted great attention and initiation was looked upon as a general safeguard against misfortune.
on Economic Security, back in '34, to draw up plans for a social security system that would give American some measure of protection against misfortunes.
A boy might be called Tristán ('the sad one')." These girls' names are not intended to guard against misfortunes, but are chosen in memory of the Virgin Mary, who suffered them.
All Americans, he emphasizes, "want decent homes to live in; they want to locate them where they can engage in productive work; and they want some safeguard against misfortunes which cannot be wholly eliminated in this man-made world of ours".
They expressed the view that the spirit is able to protect the living members of its family against misfortunes and advise them when consulted, and become a good ancestor and be reincarnated irrespective of the status of the body at death or burial.
These gods were thought to be helpers of the seafarers, and initiation into their mysteries was looked upon as a general safeguard against all misfortune but particularly against shipwreck.
