Mishap
noun
An accidental event causing damage or injury.
Despite a minor mishap with the BBQ grill, the party went on smoothly.
Often appears as...
- minor mishap
- unfortunate mishap
noun
A mistake or failure in a process.
There was a mishap in the presentation, but he quickly adapted and continued.
Often appears as...
- minor mishap
- avoidable mishap
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Academic
noun
An unexpected and disappointed event or result.
Our trip turned out to be a mishap due to bad weather.
Often appears as...
- avoidable mishap
- unfortunate mishap
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Literary
noun
An accidental event causing damage or injury.
Despite a minor mishap with the BBQ grill, the party went on smoothly.
Often appears as...
- minor mishap
- unfortunate mishap
noun
A mistake or failure in a process.
There was a mishap in the presentation, but he quickly adapted and continued.
Often appears as...
- minor mishap
- avoidable mishap
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An unexpected and disappointed event or result.
Our trip turned out to be a mishap due to bad weather.
Often appears as...
- avoidable mishap
- unfortunate mishap
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Range
Mishaps can be trivial or serious. Understanding the context hints at the severity.
He laughed off the inconsequential mishap when he spilled his drink.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Occurrences
A mishap is unplanned. It contrasts with events that are supposed to occur.
Her sudden fall during the hike was a mishap no one was prepared for.
Pro Tip 3/3Consequence Inclusion
The term often implies some negative consequences, whether big or small.
The mishap at the lab resulted in a costly loss of research material.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Range
Mishaps can be trivial or serious. Understanding the context hints at the severity.
He laughed off the inconsequential mishap when he spilled his drink.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Occurrences
A mishap is unplanned. It contrasts with events that are supposed to occur.
Her sudden fall during the hike was a mishap no one was prepared for.
Pro Tip 3/3Consequence Inclusion
The term often implies some negative consequences, whether big or small.
The mishap at the lab resulted in a costly loss of research material.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Range
Mishaps can be trivial or serious. Understanding the context hints at the severity.
He laughed off the inconsequential mishap when he spilled his drink.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Occurrences
A mishap is unplanned. It contrasts with events that are supposed to occur.
Her sudden fall during the hike was a mishap no one was prepared for.
Pro Tip 3/3Consequence Inclusion
The term often implies some negative consequences, whether big or small.
The mishap at the lab resulted in a costly loss of research material.
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How does the platform handle mishaps or prevent them from happening in the first place? Did you know that LiveAuctioneers, an auctions platform for art, collectibles and antiques, has a broad protection program that guarantees payments on the platform?
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Why should you read "Don...
and leaves his village in search of glory. Cervantes’ novel unfolds as a collection of episodes detailing the mishaps of the valiant knight. Yet unlike the chivalry books and perhaps all other prior fiction, Cervantes’ story deeply investigates
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Daniel Kish: How I use...
longer than the canes used by most blind people. I call it my freedom staff. It will keep me, for example, from making an undignified departure from the stage. I do see that cliff edge. They warned us earlier that every imaginable mishap
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How one scientist took...
often with unforeseen results. One attempt to eradicate fire ants in the southern U.S. killed wildlife indiscriminately, but did little to eliminate the ants. In spite of this and other mishaps, the US Department of Agriculture
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The dangerous race for...
starvation, and exhaustion. The remaining explorers hoped for a prearranged rendezvous with a team sent from their base, but due to a series of mishaps, misjudgements and miscommunications, their rescue never arrived.
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The 4 a.m. mystery PIPE...
Did you ever notice that four in the morning has become some sort of meme or shorthand? It means something like you are awake at the worst possible hour. A time for inconveniences, mishaps, yearnings.
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Everything you need to...
Because he's angered the sea god Poseidon by blinding his son, a cyclops, Odysseus's passage home has been fraught with mishap after mishap. With trouble brewing at home and gods discussing his fate,
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working either routine mishaps that could happen anywhere in the world but this isn't just anywhere it's the middle
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
but the mishaps aren't stupid they'll only fall for it once
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
mishaps are stupid they'll only fall for
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Marcos Aguiar: 7 tools...
How does the platform handle mishaps or prevent them from happening in the first place? Did you know that LiveAuctioneers, an auctions platform for art, collectibles and antiques, has a broad protection program that guarantees payments on the platform?
Video examples
Why should you read "Don...
and leaves his village in search of glory. Cervantes’ novel unfolds as a collection of episodes detailing the mishaps of the valiant knight. Yet unlike the chivalry books and perhaps all other prior fiction, Cervantes’ story deeply investigates
Video examples
Daniel Kish: How I use...
longer than the canes used by most blind people. I call it my freedom staff. It will keep me, for example, from making an undignified departure from the stage. I do see that cliff edge. They warned us earlier that every imaginable mishap
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How one scientist took...
often with unforeseen results. One attempt to eradicate fire ants in the southern U.S. killed wildlife indiscriminately, but did little to eliminate the ants. In spite of this and other mishaps, the US Department of Agriculture
Video examples
The dangerous race for...
starvation, and exhaustion. The remaining explorers hoped for a prearranged rendezvous with a team sent from their base, but due to a series of mishaps, misjudgements and miscommunications, their rescue never arrived.
Video examples
The 4 a.m. mystery PIPE...
Did you ever notice that four in the morning has become some sort of meme or shorthand? It means something like you are awake at the worst possible hour. A time for inconveniences, mishaps, yearnings.
Video examples
Everything you need to...
Because he's angered the sea god Poseidon by blinding his son, a cyclops, Odysseus's passage home has been fraught with mishap after mishap. With trouble brewing at home and gods discussing his fate,
Video examples
South Pole Construction...
working either routine mishaps that could happen anywhere in the world but this isn't just anywhere it's the middle
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
but the mishaps aren't stupid they'll only fall for it once
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
mishaps are stupid they'll only fall for
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Shaun Tan
Australian Artist
The more I draw and write, the more I realise that accidents are a necessary part of any creative act, much more so than logic or wisdom. Sometimes a mistake is the only way of arriving at an original concept, and the history of successful inventions is full of mishaps, serendipity and unintended results.
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Christopher Hampton
British Playwright
A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate.
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Rachel True
American Actress
We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about.
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Harold Larwood
English Athlete
Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The nuclear industry has this amazing record, even equipment from generations one and two. But nuclear mishaps tend to come in these big events - Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now Fukushima - so it's more visible.
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Robert Fulghum
American Author
Weddings seem to be magnets for mishap and for whatever craziness lurks in family closets. In more ways than one, weddings bring out the ding-dong in everybody involved.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
American Politician
Health IT helps save lives now lost due to preventable medical errors, from incorrect diagnoses and needless infections to drug mix-ups and surgical mishaps.
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Kelsey Grammer
American Actor
No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.
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Zach Anner
American Comedian
Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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Shaun Tan
Australian Artist
The more I draw and write, the more I realise that accidents are a necessary part of any creative act, much more so than logic or wisdom. Sometimes a mistake is the only way of arriving at an original concept, and the history of successful inventions is full of mishaps, serendipity and unintended results.
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Christopher Hampton
British Playwright
A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate.
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Rachel True
American Actress
We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about.
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Harold Larwood
English Athlete
Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The nuclear industry has this amazing record, even equipment from generations one and two. But nuclear mishaps tend to come in these big events - Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now Fukushima - so it's more visible.
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Robert Fulghum
American Author
Weddings seem to be magnets for mishap and for whatever craziness lurks in family closets. In more ways than one, weddings bring out the ding-dong in everybody involved.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
American Politician
Health IT helps save lives now lost due to preventable medical errors, from incorrect diagnoses and needless infections to drug mix-ups and surgical mishaps.
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Kelsey Grammer
American Actor
No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.
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Zach Anner
American Comedian
Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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