mishap
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mis·hap
(mĭs′hăp′, mĭs-hăp′)n.
1. An unfortunate accident.
2. Archaic Bad luck.
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mishap
(ˈmɪshæp)n
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. | ![]() |
2. | ![]() 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" |
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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.
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mishap
nounAn unexpected and usually undesirable event:
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Translations
حادِث مُؤْسِف، مُصيبَهحَادِثَةً
malá nehodanehoda
mindre uheld
vahinko
nezgoda
óhapp, slysni
不幸な出来事
불행한 사건
nelaimingas nutikimas
nelaimeneveiksme
missöde
อุบัติเหตุเล็กๆ
việc không may
mishap
[ˈmɪshæp] N → contratiempo mwithout 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
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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mishap
(ˈmishӕp) noun an unlucky accident.
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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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009