mischance

[ mis-chans, -chahns ]

/ mɪsˈtʃæns, -ˈtʃɑns /

a mishap or misfortune.

Origin of mischance

1250–1300; mis-¹ + chance; replacing Middle English mescheance < Old French

But if you should happen down there by any mischance, I will give you the best accommodations the place affords.

The Mystery of the Locks |Edgar Watson Howe
By some mischance, one of the willows bordering the pool grew at a freakish angle.

The Duck-footed Hound |James Arthur Kjelgaard
Also some of their cattell perish, either by disease or mischance.

The Devil in Britain and America |John Ashton
If their beasts sickened, or any mischance happened, men laid it to the door of Miriam and Long Robin.

The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn |Evelyn Everett-Green

Nevertheless, he was here, and but for a mischance would have been lying dead there.

Tara |Philip Meadows Taylor

mischance

/ (mɪsˈtʃɑːns) /

bad luck

a stroke of bad luck