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# mischance

«mischance» in Mova's school dictionary: **bad luck, or an unlucky accident that happens by chance** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (mischance, mischances)

### meaning for a pupil

Mischance is bad luck, or an unlucky accident that happens by chance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mischance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, an unlucky event that spoils a journey or a plan, such as a fall or a loss

### examples

- By some mischance the vase fell and broke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mischance/#x1)
- The hikers lost their way through mischance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mischance/#x2)
- A small mischance spoiled our picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mischance/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mischance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mischance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.