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mishap

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

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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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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

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mishap

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

Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. --Shak.

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