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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

3. 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]

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
MISHAP

    An early system on the IBM 1130.

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

   (2004-09-14)


Thesaurus Results for Mishap:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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