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mis·hap

(mĭs′hăp′, mĭs-hăp′)

1. An unfortunate accident.

2. Archaic Bad luck.

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mishap

(ˈmɪshæp)

1. an unfortunate accident

2. bad luck

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mis•hap

(ˈmɪs hæp, mɪsˈhæp)

n.

an unfortunate accident.

[1300–50]

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Noun	1.	mishap - an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" mischance, bad luck fortune, hazard, luck, chance - an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
	2.	mishap - an instance of misfortune misadventure, mischance accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury near miss - an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided derailment - an accident in which a train runs off its track ground loop - a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground misfortune, bad luck - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event puncture - loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object trip, slip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" crash - (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"

mishap

noun accident, disaster, misfortune, stroke of bad luck, adversity, calamity, misadventure, contretemps, mischance, infelicity, evil chance, evil fortune After a number of mishaps she finally managed to get back home.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

mishap

noun

An unexpected and usually undesirable event:

accident, casualty, contretemps, misadventure, mischance, misfortune.

Translations

حادِث مُؤْسِف، مُصيبَهحَادِثَةً

malá nehodanehoda

mindre uheld

Malheur Missgeschick Unglück

αναποδιά

percance

vahinko

mésaventure

nezgoda

óhapp, slysni

contrattempo infortunio sfortuna

不幸な出来事

불행한 사건

nelaimingas nutikimas

nelaimeneveiksme

ongelukje

uheldig episode ulykkestilfelle

niepowodzenie

azar

неудача

missöde

อุบัติเหตุเล็กๆ

aksilik terslik

việc không may

不幸的事灾祸

mishap

[ˈmɪshæp] N → contratiempo m
without mishap → sin contratiempos
to have a mishap → tener un accidente
we had a slight mishap → tuvimos un pequeño contratiempo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mishap

[ˈmɪshæp] n → mésaventure f
without mishap → sans encombre

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mishap

n → Missgeschick nt; without (further) mishap → ohne (weitere) Zwischenfälle; he’s had a slight mishap → ihm ist ein kleines Missgeschick or Malheur passiert

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mishap

[ˈmɪsˌhæp] n → incidente m
without mishap → senza incidenti

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mishap

(ˈmishӕp) noun

an unlucky accident.

mishap

→ حَادِثَةً malá nehoda mindre uheld Missgeschick αναποδιά percance vahinko mésaventure nezgoda contrattempo 不幸な出来事 불행한 사건 ongelukje ulykkestilfelle niepowodzenie azar неудача missöde อุบัติเหตุเล็กๆ terslik việc không may 灾祸

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"And yet thine, Sancho," replied Don Quixote, "ought to be used to such squalls; but mine, reared in soft cloth and fine linen, it is plain they must feel more keenly the pain of this mishap, and if it were not that I imagine- why do I say imagine?- know of a certainty that all these annoyances are very necessary accompaniments of the calling of arms, I would lay me down here to die of pure vexation."

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That direful mishap was at the bottom of his temporary recluseness.

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In the bitterness of his heart, the Blackfoot renegade repined at the mishap which had severed him from a race of congenial spirits, and driven him to take refuge among beings so destitute of martial fire.

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Our travellers having remounted their horses, arrived in town without encountering any new mishap. On the road much pleasant discourse passed between Jones and Partridge, on the subject of their last adventure: in which Jones exprest a great compassion for those highwaymen who are, by unavoidable distress, driven, as it were, to such illegal courses, as generally bring them to a shameful death: "I mean," said he, "those only whose highest guilt extends no farther than to robbery, and who are never guilty of cruelty nor insult to any person, which is a circumstance that, I must say, to the honour of our country, distinguishes the robbers of England from those of all other nations; for murder is, amongst those, almost inseparably incident to robbery."

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He arrived without any mishap, and, having finished his business, set out on his return.

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Tars Tarkas advanced toward me, holding out one of his arms, and we thus proceeded to the plaza without further mishap. I did not, of course, know the reason for which we had come to the open, but I was not long in being enlightened.

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It never hurt him, however, and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again, while he joined her in laughing merrily at his own mishap.

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After her first burst of disappointment Joan began to take the mishap as she had taken Tess's original trouble, as she would have taken a wet holiday or failure in the potato-crop; as a thing which had come upon them irrespective of desert or folly; a chance external impingement to be borne with; not a lesson.

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"Has your husband told you about the mishap, Mademoiselle la Boudraque?"

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The matrimonial mishap looked down at me with almost canine intelligence in his face.

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The eggs, allowing for all mishaps, will produce two hundred and fifty chickens.

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Sometimes we had mishaps, as when one got stuck twice in succession in a five-handed game of Sancho Pedro for the drinks.