unholy trinity

English

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

Translations

group of three associated antagonistic things