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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | misadventure, mischance |
| Type of | bad luck, misfortune |
| Has types | derailment, accident, crash, near miss, puncture, slip, trip, ground loop |
Examples of mishap
mishap
After the mishap, she hurried the frightened but uninjured child to her parents.
From the courier-journal.com
Montoya recovered nicely from his Indy mishap with a second-place run at Pocono.
From the newsobserver.com
But a major mishap at a nuclear power can inflict a lot more pain and suffering.
From the forbes.com
What emerges is a cycle of expectation, breakthrough, mishap and false promises.
From the economist.com
There was also a fire-blowing mishap that resulted in my lips being sealed shut.
From the delawareonline.com
The privacy mishap, first reported by the blog TechCrunch, did not help matters.
From the post-gazette.com
During filming, the car had intact tires in one scene so as to avoid any mishap.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The only health mishap appears to have been when one of the group overindulged.
From the dailymail.co.uk
There was no immediate information on their condition or the cause of the mishap.
From the washingtontimes.com
- Bad luck: 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
- An accident, mistake, or problem
- (mishaps) (n.): unlucky or unfortunate accidents
- An accident or an unexpected event involving military munitions.
- (noun) -- accident, sometimes small or funny
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