mischance

[US]/mɪs'tʃɑːns/
[UK]/ˌmɪs'tʃæns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. misfortune, unlucky incident
Word Forms

Example Sentences

by pure mischance the secret was revealed.

A series of mischance happened.

I lost your file by pure mischance.

innumerable mischances might ruin the enterprise.

By mischance I dialed a wrong number.

Gratiano. 'Tis some mischance; the cry is very direful.

debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity. Bothmishap and mischance connote slight or negligible incidents or consequences:

Only a serious mischance will prevent them from getting there in time tomorrow.

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