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noun
- 1. an unlucky accident: "although there were a few minor mishaps, none of the pancakes stuck to the ceiling"
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bad luck, or an unlucky event or accident: The parade was very well organized and passed without mishap. A series of mishaps led to the nuclear power plant blowing up. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. an accident. accident Accidents at work can sometimes result in serious injury.
The meaning of MISHAP is an unfortunate accident. How to use mishap in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Mishap.
Mishaps can be accidents of great consequence or minimal consequence. People often say that an event went off “without a mishap,” meaning that it went smoothly. Hopefully this will be the case if you ever get knee surgery.
/ˈmɪshæp/ [countable, uncountable] a small accident or piece of bad luck that does not have serious results. I'm afraid your son had a slight mishap in the playground. The group suffered an extraordinary series of minor mishaps. I managed to get home without (further) mishap. There were a few minor mishaps, but we got it all done in the end.
C2. bad luck, or an unlucky event or accident: The parade was very well organized and passed without mishap. A series of mishaps led to the nuclear power plant blowing up. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. an accident. accident Accidents at work can sometimes result in serious injury.
Mishap definition: an unfortunate accident.. See examples of MISHAP used in a sentence.
A mishap is an unfortunate but not very serious event that happens to someone. After a number of mishaps, she did manage to get back to Germany. The plot passed off without mishap.
MISHAP definition: an accident or unlucky event that usually is not serious: . Learn more.
fortune, hazard, luck, chance - an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance". 2. mishap - an instance of misfortune. misadventure, mischance.
A mishap is an unfortunate but not very serious event that happens to someone. [...] More. Synonyms of 'mishap' • accident, disaster, misfortune, stroke of bad luck [...] More. Examples of 'mishap' in a sentence.
