Definitions for double whammy
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1. double whammynoun

   a twofold blow or setback; a series of two events that cause adverse effects

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1. Double Whammy

   Double Whammy is a 2001 comedy/drama film. Although intended to be released in theaters, it was ultimately distributed direct-to-video.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of double whammy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of double whammy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of double whammy in a Sentence

1. Lawrence Yun:

   Housing affordability continues to be a major challenge, as buyers are getting a double whammy : rising mortgage rates and sustained price increases, some who had previously qualified at a 3 % mortgage rate are no longer able to buy at the 4 % rate.

2. Ben Carson:

   It sounds really cool, you know, 'Let's just round them all up and send them back,' people who say that have no idea what that would entail in terms of our legal system, the costs - forget about it. Plus, where you gonna send them? It's just a double whammy.

3. Stefan Worrall:

   We're seeing a double whammy of yen strength combined with Japan Inc's tendency to give very conservative guidance, so you have to acknowledge some uncertainty over how much capex will actually be impacted by the stronger yen because we're unsure just how much exaggeration we're seeing in dim earnings forecasts.

4. Robert Redfield:

   So unfortunately we have a situation where it's sort of a double whammy, obviously, the African American community has suffered from racism for a very, very long period of time.

5. Steve Levy:

   The double whammy was the fact that at the same time, you had President Obama rolling out the red carpet for over 100,000 unaccompanied minors from Central and South America, many of us warned that this was a recipe for disaster – to have 15- or 16-year-old young men without parents to be resettled in this area. MS-13 became their family.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Double_Whammy
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=double whammy