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Mischance

Mischance Meaning & Definition
Mischance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mischance?

[n] an instance of misfortune
[n] an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mischance: bad luck | misadventure | mishap | mishap

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mischance: accident | adversity | blow | calamity | casualty | cataclysm | catastrophe | collision | contretemps | crack-up | crash | disaster | grief | ill hap | misadventure | misfortune | mishap | nasty blow | pileup | shipwreck | shock | smash | smashup | staggering blow | tragedy | wreck

See Also | accident | bad luck | chance | collapse | crash | derailment | fortune | ground loop | hazard | luck | misfortune | near miss | puncture | slip | trip

Mischance In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis*chance"\, n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.] Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. --Chaucer. Never come mischance between us twain. --Shak. Syn: Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See {Calamity}.
\Mis*chance"\, v. i. To happen by mischance. --Spenser.

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