mischance n
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]

Mischance \Mis*chance"\, n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.] Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. --Chaucer. Never come mischance between us twain. --Shak. Syn: Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See Calamity.

Mischance \Mis*chance"\, v. i. To happen by mischance. --Spenser.

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