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Definition of mishap noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mishap

noun
 
/ˈmɪshæp/
 
/ˈmɪshæp/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a small accident or piece of bad luck that does not have serious results
    • I'm afraid your son had a slight mishap in the playground.
    • The group suffered an extraordinary series of minor mishaps.
    • I managed to get home without (further) mishap.
    • There were a few minor mishaps, but we got it all done in the end.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • major
    • serious
    • fatal
    … of mishaps
    • series
    verb + mishap
    • have
    • suffer
    • cause
    preposition
    • without mishap
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