Dictionary Definition
mischance
Noun
1 an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate;
"if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" [syn:
bad
luck, mishap]
2 an instance of misfortune [syn: mishap, misadventure]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A mishap.
Quotations
- William Shakespeare's Hamlet: Act 5, Scene 2, Lines 384-386: "But let this same be presently perform'd/Even when men's minds are wild, lest more mischance/On plots and errors happen."