mishap

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈmɪshæp/ / /mɪsˈhæp/

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

An accident, mistake, or problem.
“Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.”
“He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.”
Ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
“Rome’s readiest champions, repose you here in rest, Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!”
“He ſvvet and ſvvet againe vvith ſuch exceſſiue ſvvoonings, as not only himſelfe, but likevviſe all the beholders, did verily deeme, that his life vvas ending. This ſtorme and miſhappe endured about ſome tvvo hovvres, after vvhich hee remayned not cured as his Maſter, but ſo vveary and indiſpoſed, as hee vvas not able to ſtand.”

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