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as in accidents
a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury
the usual mishaps of a family vacation
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as in misfortunes
bad luck or an example of this
mishap followed wherever he went
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Recent Examples of mishaps
But in the rush to deploy these robots into the market, industry experts are warning of potential mishaps as well as privacy and policy issues that may arise.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Apr. 2026
The style mishaps kept piling up as cracking wise about wardrobe and hair malfunctions became both a media and national pastime.
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
In the past a bundle of extensions could conjure images of the exposed, holding-on-by-a-strand mishaps of the early aughts.
—Hunter Lacey, Allure, 9 Apr. 2026
That’s despite losing more teeth in a couple of other on-ice mishaps.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
With more than a dozen countries operating or acquiring the aircraft and each jet costing tens of millions of dollars, crashes and operational mishaps are closely watched by defense analysts and partner nations involved in the program.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
The rocket has also suffered a number of mishaps and explosions during testing that have cast doubt on Musk’s ambitious timelines.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Nicole Tallman’s job as a senior staffer under Miami-Dade County’s mayor puts her on the frontlines of county government’s many failings, mishaps and challenges.
—Douglas Hanks
april 1, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
That the Apollo program saw no space weather mishaps is largely a result of luck—a massive solar storm in August 1972, right between the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions, would have posed grave hazards for any astronauts in deep space at the time.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Apr. 2026
The style mishaps kept piling up as cracking wise about wardrobe and hair malfunctions became both a media and national pastime.
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
In the past a bundle of extensions could conjure images of the exposed, holding-on-by-a-strand mishaps of the early aughts.
—Hunter Lacey, Allure, 9 Apr. 2026
That’s despite losing more teeth in a couple of other on-ice mishaps.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
With more than a dozen countries operating or acquiring the aircraft and each jet costing tens of millions of dollars, crashes and operational mishaps are closely watched by defense analysts and partner nations involved in the program.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
The rocket has also suffered a number of mishaps and explosions during testing that have cast doubt on Musk’s ambitious timelines.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Nicole Tallman’s job as a senior staffer under Miami-Dade County’s mayor puts her on the frontlines of county government’s many failings, mishaps and challenges.
—Douglas Hanks
april 1, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
That the Apollo program saw no space weather mishaps is largely a result of luck—a massive solar storm in August 1972, right between the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions, would have posed grave hazards for any astronauts in deep space at the time.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishaps
Noun
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Boating accidents are common in India, where many vessels are overcrowded and have inadequate safety equipment.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Knowles keeps the atmosphere leaden when the story surfaces in the present, in which Willy is 63, fraying with disappointment and banged up from several car crashes out on his long runs — events that his family is starting to fear aren’t accidents.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Philadelphia singer-songwriter seeks out the mystical potential of quotidian misfortunes in a set of psychedelic-of-center bedroom pop songs.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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But a staggering series of misfortunes – an arsonist destroyed her rental house; the private equity firm that owned the house still demanded two months’ rent and kept her security deposit; she was diagnosed with ovarian and breast cancer – forced her into tenuous housing situations.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The saddies of Enid’s notebook all a little uncanny, as in any good comic, yet terribly human in their tragedies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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As in all tragedies of chivalry, the alliance will split.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Mishaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishaps. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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