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Consider the following sentence:

It is all about being lucky.

meaning that being lucky is the main point, reason or factor.

How would you put it in a negative form?

  1. It is NOT all about being lucky.
  2. It is all NOT about being lucky.
  3. Both can be correct, depending on the context or meaning.

I mean to say that there are other factors to be considered apart from being lucky, or that being lucky is not the main point.

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    I would simply say: 'its all about being unlucky.'
    – Joe Kerr
    Commented Nov 18, 2020 at 17:59
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    @JoeKerr It is not the same meaning.
    – Vicent
    Commented Nov 18, 2020 at 18:05
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    The second one is certainly incorrect. That leaves the first one, which sounds good.
    – Dhanishtha Ghosh
    Commented Nov 18, 2020 at 19:17

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I would say "it is not all about being lucky".

This means there are other factors to be considered apart from luck.

If luck wasn't a factor at all, we could say "none of it is about being lucky" or "it is not at all about being lucky". "It is not about being lucky" would tend to mean the same, although it leaves open the possibility of luck playing a role.

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