mishap

From Middle English mishap, myshappe, myssehappe, equivalent to mis- +‎ hap.

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪshæp/

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mishap (plural mishaps)

1. An accident, mistake, or problem.

   Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.

   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

     He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.

2. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
   • c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Rome’s readiest champions, repose you here in rest,
     Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!

From Middle English mishappen, equivalent to mis- +‎ hap.

• (verb) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈhæp/

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• Rhymes: -æp

mishap (third-person singular simple present mishaps, present participle mishapping, simple past and past participle mishapped)

1. (archaic) To happen through misfortune; to mishappen.

• Thesaurus:luck
• Thesaurus:lucky