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MISCHANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instance of misfortune
Synonyms:
misadventure; mischance; mishap
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mischance" is a kind of...):
bad luck; misfortune (unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mischance"):
accident (an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury)
near miss (an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided)
derailment (an accident in which a train runs off its track)
ground loop (a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground)
puncture (loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object)
slip; trip (an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall)
crash ((computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
Example:
if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all
Synonyms:
bad luck; mischance; mishap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("mischance" is a kind of...):
chance; fortune; hazard; luck (an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another)
Context examples:
If, indeed, by any strange mischance his father should have gained intelligence of what she had dared to think and look for, of her causeless fancies and injurious examinations, she could not wonder at any degree of his indignation.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
