Meaning of MISCHANCE
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- [n] an instance of misfortune
- [n] an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"
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| | Synonyms: | | bad luck, misadventure, mishap, mishap |
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| | See Also: | | accident, bad luck, chance, collapse, crash, derailment, fortune, ground loop, hazard, luck, misfortune, near miss, puncture, slip, trip | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mis*chance"\, n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.]
Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. --Chaucer.
Never come mischance between us twain. --Shak.
Syn: Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity;
disaster. See {Calamity}.
\Mis*chance"\, v. i.
To happen by mischance. --Spenser.
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| | Related Terms: | | accident, adversity, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack-up, crash, disaster, grief, ill hap, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, nasty blow, pileup, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragedy, wreck |
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