| Pronunciation: | | 'mis`hap
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| Matching Terms: | | mishael, mishal, misham, mishandle, mishappen, mishappy
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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, mischance, mischance |
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| | See Also: | | accident, bad luck, chance, collapse, crash, derailment, fortune, ground loop, hazard, luck, misfortune, near miss, puncture, slip, trip |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mis*hap"\, n.
Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. --Chaucer.
Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. --Shak.
\Mis*hap"\, v. i.
To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] ``If that
me mishap.'' --Chaucer.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Early system on IBM 1103 or 1103A. Listed in CACM 2(5):16, (May 1959). |
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| | Related Terms: | | accident, adversity, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack-up, crash, disaster, dole, grief, ill hap, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, nasty blow, pileup, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragedy, wreck |
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