MISCHANCE

• MISCHANCE (noun)
  The noun MISCHANCE has 2 senses:

1. an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
2. an instance of misfortune

  Familiarity information: MISCHANCE used as a noun is rare.

• MISCHANCE (noun)

Meaning:

An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

mischance; mishap; bad luck

Context example:

if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all

Hypernyms ("mischance" is a kind of...):

chance; fortune; hazard; luck (an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another)

Meaning:

An instance of misfortune

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

misadventure; mischance; mishap

Hypernyms ("mischance" is a kind of...):

bad luck; misfortune (unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mischance"):

accident (a mishap; especially one causing injury or death)

near miss (an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided)

derailment (an accident in which a train runs off its track)

ground loop (a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground)

puncture (loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object)

slip; trip (an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall)

collapse (a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in)

crash ((computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative)