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Mishap

Mishap Meaning & Definition
Mishap Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mishap?

[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 Mishap: bad luck | misadventure | mischance | mischance

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mishap: accident | adversity | blow | calamity | casualty | cataclysm | catastrophe | collision | contretemps | crack-up | crash | disaster | dole | grief | ill hap | misadventure | mischance | misfortune | 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

Mishap In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis*hap"\, n. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. --Chaucer. Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. --Shak.
\Mis*hap"\, v. i. To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] ``If that me mishap.'' --Chaucer.

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