mischance

American  

[mis-chans, -chahns] / mɪsˈtʃæns, -ˈtʃɑns /

noun

1. a mishap or misfortune.

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mischance British  

/ mɪsˈtʃɑːns /

noun

1. bad luck

2. a stroke of bad luck

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Etymology

Origin of mischance

1250–1300; mis- ¹ + chance; replacing Middle English mescheance < Old French

Example Sentences

In Geoffrey Chaucer's famous Canterbury Tales, written in the 14th Century, he said: "And on a Friday fell all this mischance".

From BBC

Like Paul Stover, many have simply decided not to decide for now, hoping that some combination of age, legal drama or mischance might avert a rematch they dread.

From Los Angeles Times

He concludes that “for all their focus on random mischance, nothing in the brothers’ vise-tight, magisterially engineered movies could possibly be happening by accident.”

From Los Angeles Times

Much about a buzzy evening served to remind an observer of the role that chance and mischance play in any Hollywood success.

From New York Times

But equally, without exception, so that no one felt shut out by some irrelevant mischance of birth.

From Literature