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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
Many people have had passport photo mishaps, but none quite like this one.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The woman even had the dress delivered to her personally at her school — to avoid any more mishaps — along with a warm hug.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The hiccup capped a series of communications mishaps that irked employees as the troubled retailer rolled out its first major restructuring in nearly a decade.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Most of the vehicular mishaps were caused by black ice, according to Day.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Trudeau came out to one of Perry’s shows in Montreal and got to see her flip and spin without any mishaps.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2025
While investigators work to determine what led to the two mishaps, operations aboard the USS Nimitz have continued as the carrier remains deployed in the Indo-Pacific region.
—Greg Wehner , Lucas Y. Tomlinson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
This season, the likes of Monique Lhuillier, Ines Di Santo and Sept showed there’s beauty in embracing dress mishaps.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Yet Starship has suffered a string of testing mishaps this year that have put it well behind schedule.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The woman even had the dress delivered to her personally at her school — to avoid any more mishaps — along with a warm hug.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The hiccup capped a series of communications mishaps that irked employees as the troubled retailer rolled out its first major restructuring in nearly a decade.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Most of the vehicular mishaps were caused by black ice, according to Day.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Trudeau came out to one of Perry’s shows in Montreal and got to see her flip and spin without any mishaps.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2025
While investigators work to determine what led to the two mishaps, operations aboard the USS Nimitz have continued as the carrier remains deployed in the Indo-Pacific region.
—Greg Wehner , Lucas Y. Tomlinson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
This season, the likes of Monique Lhuillier, Ines Di Santo and Sept showed there’s beauty in embracing dress mishaps.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Yet Starship has suffered a string of testing mishaps this year that have put it well behind schedule.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishaps
Noun
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The last two fatal accidents of an MD-11 occurred in 2009, with the first being a crash landing of a FedEx Express plane at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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Having properly inflated tires with the right amount of tread can save you from hydroplaning, blowouts and even accidents.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Mistakes, misfortunes, even tragedy, toxic secrets from the past—anything can happen, or may have happened.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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According to local belief, sending a lantern upward helps cleanse a person’s spirit and eases their misfortunes, clearing the path for good luck in the coming year.—
Sarah Buder,
AFAR Media,
20 Oct. 2025
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With projects bracing for termination, mission teams broken apart and safety protocols weakened, the guardrails that once kept NASA from repeating its worst tragedies are being stripped away in real time.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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After a devastating series of tragedies gets her medical license revoked, Maggie is without purpose, but not without passion.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mishaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishaps. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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