mischance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
    mishap; bad luck.
    • if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all
  2. noun an instance of misfortune
    mishap; misadventure.

WordNet


Mis*chance" noun
Etymology
OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.
Definitions
  1. Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. Chaucer.
    Never come mischance between us twain. Shak.
    Syn. -- Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See Calamity.
Mis*chance" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To happen by mischance. Spenser.

Webster 1913