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mis⋅hap

[mis-hap, mis-hap]
–noun
an unfortunate accident.

Origin:
1300–50; ME; see mis- 1 , hap


misadventure, mischance.
mis·hap   (mĭs'hāp', mĭs-hāp')   
n.  
  1. Bad luck.
  2. An unfortunate accident.

Mishap

Mis*hap"\, n. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. --Chaucer.

Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. --Shak.

Mishap

Mis*hap"\, v. i. To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] "If that me mishap." --Chaucer.
Language Translation for : mishap
Spanish: contratiempo, percance,
German: das Unglück,
Japanese: 事故

mishap 
c.1330, "bad luck, unlucky accident," from mis- "bad" + hap "luck." Probably on analogy of O.Fr. meschance.

MISHAP language
An early system on the IBM 1130.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
(2004-09-14)

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