Mishap

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  • noun. An unfortunate accident.
  • noun. Bad luck.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To happen or turn out ill; go wrong.
  • noun. An unfortunate or evil hap; mischance; misfortune.
  • noun. A lapse from virtue.
  • noun. Synonyms Mischance, Disaster, etc. See misfortune.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
  • intransitive verb. To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An accident, mistake, or problem.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an instance of misfortune
  • noun. an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
    • Word Usage
    "If you follow the Republicans anything that could be seen as our economy getting better, the president has nothing to do with but every mishap is his fault ...."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chance  fortune  hazard  luck  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accident  bereavement  blunder  catastrophe  coincidence  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accident  adversity  blow  calamity  casualty  
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