mischance

C2+ Topic:Safety & Risk

US /mɪsˈtʃæns/ UK /mɪsˈtʃɑːns/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
bad luck or an unfortunate accident

By some mischance the letter was never delivered.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · bad luck or an unfortunate... misfortune mishap accident calamity adversity setback

Opposites

luck fortune

Word family

Derived forms mischanceful

Related forms chance mischief perchance

Etymology

From Old French mescheance ('misfortune'), from mescheoir ('to befall badly'), from mes- ('wrongly') + cheoir ('to fall'), from Latin cadere ('to fall').

mescheance Old French cadere Latin

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Topics

Safety & Risk

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# mischance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /mɪsˈtʃæns/
**IPA (UK):** /mɪsˈtʃɑːns/

## Meanings
1. bad luck or an unfortunate accident

## Examples
- By some mischance the letter was never delivered.

## Synonyms
- misfortune
- mishap
- accident
- calamity
- adversity
- setback

## Antonyms
- luck
- fortune

## Derived Forms
- mischanceful

## Related Forms
- chance
- mischief
- perchance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mescheance
- Root: cadere

## Etymology
From Old French mescheance ('misfortune'), from mescheoir ('to befall badly'), from mes- ('wrongly') + cheoir ('to fall'), from Latin cadere ('to fall').

## AI Etymology
Mischance comes from Old French mescheance ('misfortune'), from mescheoir ('to befall badly'), from mes- ('wrongly') + cheoir ('to fall'), from Latin cadere ('to fall'). The etymological trail includes Old French mescheance and Latin cadere. As a noun, mischance means bad luck or an unfortunate accident. The same family is visible in derived forms such as mischanceful and related forms such as chance, mischief, and perchance. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Safety & Risk

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