mishapnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈmɪs.hæp/us/ˈmɪs.hæp/C2 bad luck, or an unlucky event or accident:
The parade was very well organized and passed without mishap.
A series of mishaps led to the nuclear power plant blowing up.
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Good luck and bad luck
- a blessing in disguise idiom
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- be a good idiom
- be bad luck on sb idiom
- be down on your luck idiom
- blessing
- favour
- godsend
- grace
- hapless
- happenstance
- happily
- lap
- misadventure
- mischance
- misfortune
- mixed blessing
- Murphy's law
- shame
- stroke
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