mishap

an unfortunate accident

TRANSLATION

mishap = Missgeschick; Panne; Pech; Unfall; Unglück

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

Schwarzenegger Hurt in Motorcycle Mishap

LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger received 15 stitches in his lip Sunday after he and his 12-year-old son were involved in a motorcycle accident near their home.

(Yahoo News - 9th January 2006)

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mis-hap   
noun

1.    Bad luck.
2.    An unfortunate accident.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

Note: Shortened form of mis-happening

Synonyms:
bad break, bad luck, bad news, bummer, calamity, catastrophe, difficulty, disaster, downer, hard knocks, hard time, hard times, hardship, holy mess, ill fortune, jam, misfortune, mishap, pickle, rotten break, rotten luck, tough break, tough luck, trouble, unholy mess

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