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mis·hap    Audio Help   [mis-hap, mis-hap] Pronunciation Key
–noun
an unfortunate accident.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME; see mis-1, hap]

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

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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mishap

noun
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
2. an instance of misfortune 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mishap [ˈmishӕp] noun
an unlucky accident
Arabic: حادِث مُؤْسِف، مُصيبَه
Chinese (Simplified): 不幸的事
Chinese (Traditional): 不幸的事
Czech: nehoda
Danish: mindre uheld
Dutch: ongeval
Estonian: äpardus
Finnish: vahinko
French: mésaventure
German: das Unglück
Greek: ατύχημα
Hungarian: baleset
Icelandic: óhapp, slysni
Indonesian: kecelakaan
Italian: disavventura
Japanese: 事故
Korean: 불행한 일, 재난
Latvian: neveiksme; nelaime
Lithuanian: nelaimingas nutikimas
Norwegian: uhell, uheldig episode
Polish: nieszczęście
Portuguese (Brazil): percalço
Portuguese (Portugal): acidente
Romanian: ne­norocire
Russian: неприятное происшествие
Slovak: nehoda
Slovenian: nezgoda
Spanish: contratiempo, percance
Swedish: missöde, malör
Turkish: aksilik
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MISHAP language
An early system on the IBM 1130.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
(2004-09-14)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Mishap

Ca*lam"i*ty\n.; pl. Calamities. [L. calamitas, akin to in-columis unharmed: cf. F. calamit['e]]

1. Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.

Note: The word calamity was first derived from calamus when the corn could not get out of the stalk. --Bacon.

Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. --W. Irving.

2. A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.

The deliberations of calamity are rarely wise. --Burke.

Where'er I came I brought calamity. --Tennyson.

Syn: Disaster; distress; affliction; adversity; misfortune; unhappiness; infelicity; mishap; mischance; misery; evil; extremity; exigency; downfall.

Usage: Calamity, Disaster, Misfortune, Mishap, Mischance. Of these words, calamity is the strongest. It supposes a somewhat continuous state, produced not usually by the direct agency of man, but by natural causes, such as fire, flood, tempest, disease, etc, Disaster denotes literally ill-starred, and is some unforeseen and distressing event which comes suddenly upon us, as if from hostile planet. Misfortune is often due to no specific cause; it is simply the bad fortune of an individual; a link in the chain of events; an evil independent of his own conduct, and not to be charged as a fault. Mischance and mishap are misfortunes of a trivial nature, occurring usually to individuals. "A calamity is either public or private, but more frequently the former; a disaster is rather particular than private; it affects things rather than persons; journey, expedition, and military movements are often attended with disasters; misfortunes are usually personal; they immediately affect the interests of the individual." --Crabb.
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Mishap

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

Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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