mischance

[ mis-chans, -chahns ]
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noun
  1. a mishap or misfortune.

Origin of mischance

1
1250–1300; mis-1 + chance; replacing Middle English mescheance<Old French

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British Dictionary definitions for mischance

mischance

/ (mɪsˈtʃɑːns) /


noun
  1. bad luck

  2. a stroke of bad luck

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