unholy trinity

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Noun

unholy trinity (plural unholy trinities)

  1. A set of three antagonistic and closely associated people or things.
    • 2005, Cheryl A. Wall, Worrying the Line: Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition:
      In her essay "Zora Neale Hurston: A Cautionary Tale and a Partisan View," Alice Walker deems Hurston, Billie Holiday, and Bessie Smith "an unholy trinity."
  2. (economics) Synonym of impossible trinity

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