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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
No sailors were killed in any of those mishaps.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 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
Other mishaps, including near-misses and runway incursions, have contributed to an erosion of Americans’ confidence about flying.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Both were about results, and, despite a year of mishaps, a title was now within grasp.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Florida leads the nation in boating accidents and fatalities, and Miami-Dade County had the most mishaps on the water in the state.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Perhaps no one on the Sharks roster needed to have a good night more than goalie Alex Nedeljkovic, whose puck mishaps last Thursday led directly to the Sharks’ overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 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
Other mishaps, including near-misses and runway incursions, have contributed to an erosion of Americans’ confidence about flying.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Both were about results, and, despite a year of mishaps, a title was now within grasp.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Florida leads the nation in boating accidents and fatalities, and Miami-Dade County had the most mishaps on the water in the state.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Perhaps no one on the Sharks roster needed to have a good night more than goalie Alex Nedeljkovic, whose puck mishaps last Thursday led directly to the Sharks’ overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishaps
Noun
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According to data collected by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), out of 1,498 accidents between 2005 and 2024, 788 occurred during landing and 128 during take off.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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These details matter because the circumstance of the death – from accidents to malicious murders – could determine the size of the discount.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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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 6 Nov. 2025.
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