mis|chance

mis|chance
mis|chance «mihs CHANS, -CHAHNS», noun.
1. bad luck; misfortune: »

By some mischance he didn't receive my telegram.

SYNONYM(S): misadventure.
2. a piece of bad luck; unlucky accident: »

... the vicissitudes and mischances of sublunary affairs (Hawthorne).

[alteration of Middle English meschaunce < Old French mescheance < mes- mis- + cheance chance]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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