mishap

Etymology

mis- +‎ hap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.hæp/

Noun

mishap (plural mishaps)

1. An accident, mistake, or problem.

   Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.

   • 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8

     He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.

2. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act I, Scene 1,

     Rome’s readiest champions, repose you here in rest,

     Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!

Verb

mishap (third-person singular simple present mishaps, present participle mishapping, simple past and past participle mishapped)

1. (archaic) To happen through misfortune; to mishappen.