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mishap |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mishap \Mis*hap"\, n. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. --Chaucer. Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mishap \Mis*hap"\, v. i. To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] ``If that me mishap.'' --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mishap n 1: an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" [syn: {bad luck}, {mischance}] 2: an instance of misfortune [syn: {misadventure}, {mischance}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: MISHAP Early system on IBM 1103 or 1103A. Listed in CACM 2(5):16, (May 1959).
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