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UK
/mˈɪshæp/
]
[ US /ˈmɪsˌhæp/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪsˌhæp/ ]
NOUN
-
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all - an instance of misfortune
How To Use mishap In A Sentence
- More volunteers follow with lurid tales of domestic mishaps, each earning applause. Times, Sunday Times
- Our trip from Florida to Pennsylvania to attend the Cairn Terrier Specialty Dog Show, was one long series of mishaps, turned into hilarious memories.
- For the crew, however, new locations, the heat and minor mishaps are all part of a day's work.
- The mishaps that befall Van Orton seem more random and jarring, though, than cohesively engineered to facilitate his spiritual development.
- Despite the cheers and applause, the officers had their share of mishaps.
- What we were in was a little mishap. Times, Sunday Times
- It's deliciously grown-up, avoiding slapstick in favour of fortuitous mishap.
- To Madame Hanska he revealed more the cankering disappointment, just as he had a twelvemonth previously, after the mishap of the School for Husbands and Balzac
- He was very cool and calm about the mishap, and didn't shout or lose his temper.
- The rules allow state lawmakers to clear up a mishap if they suffered from a momentary case of stumbly fingers or a lapse in attention. Report: Obama Involved In 1996 Liberal Questionnaire, Despite Campaign's Denials
