mishap
noun /ˈmɪshæp/
/ˈmɪshæp/
[countable, uncountable]- a small accident or piece of bad luck that does not have serious results
- I'm afraid your son had a slight mishap in the playground.
- The group suffered an extraordinary series of minor mishaps.
- I managed to get home without (further) mishap.
- There were a few minor mishaps, but we got it all done in the end.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- major
- serious
- fatal
- …
- series
- have
- suffer
- cause
- …
- without mishap