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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate;
- Example: "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"
[syn: bad luck, mischance, mishap]

2. an instance of misfortune;
[syn: mishap, misadventure, mischance]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mishap \Mis*hap"\, n.
   Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]

         Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mishap \Mis*hap"\, v. i.
   To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] "If that me
   mishap." --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mishap
    n 1: an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't
         have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" [syn: bad
         luck, mischance, mishap]
    2: an instance of misfortune [syn: mishap, misadventure,
       mischance]


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

MISHAP

    An early system on the IBM 1130.

   [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].

   (2004-09-14)