mishap

Meanings

• Noun

  An unfortunate event or mistake.

  - "The hiker's mishap left him stranded in the wilderness for days."
  - "The team's mishap in the final minutes of the game cost them the championship."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with mishap
ship , drip , grip

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Homophones

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1. Mishap (Scots) : A small quantity, a little
   

2. Misshapen () : Deformed, malformed
   

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Variants

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mishap , mishaps

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Forms

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Misfortunes, Mishaps, Mishaps's

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Etymology

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Old English misceapan 'mix up, confuse', from mis- 'wrong' + ceapen 'to seize, take'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'mishap' is often used interchangeably with the word 'accident'. However, 'accident' implies an unintended event, while 'mishap' implies an unfortunate event.

2. The longest recorded word in English with the letter sequence 'mishap' is 'unmistakably'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Accident: An unexpected event that happens unintentionally.

2. Mistake: A wrong action performed unintentionally.

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'mishap' is often used to describe an unfortunate event or series of events that disrupt the flow of a story. For example, in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart', the narrator's mishap leads to the murder of an old man and ultimately, his own downfall.

How to Memorize "mishap"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a series of dominos falling and knocking into each other, representing a chain reaction of mishaps.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'mishap' with the image of a clumsy person dropping things or tripping over their own feet.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase such as 'My Sad Hip Ached Painfully' to remember the definition of 'mishap'.

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