Translations for „mischance“ in the English » German Dictionary

mis·chance [mɪsˈtʃɑ:n(t)s, Am -ˈtʃæn-] N form

1. mischance no pl (bad luck):

mischance

Pech nt

sheer mischance

reines Pech

2. mischance (unlucky event):

mischance

Zwischenfall m

by some mischance

durch einen unglücklichen Umstand

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

sheer mischance

reines Pech

by some mischance

durch einen unglücklichen Umstand

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Loss of records by mischance and the passage of time complicates reconstructing the actual count for given aces.

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By mischance, only three-quarters reverse had been signalled.

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Until by mischance, he grew wings and flew like a bird.

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Plans, treaties, loyalties are cast aside, fickle expediency reigns and mischance plays its part, too.

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It would be unusual in a well-designed power system to have a metallic short circuit to ground but such faults can occur by mischance.

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After destroying a hostile machine his own machine collided, by mischance, with another of his formation on the return journey, and at once began to fall out of control.

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Here it is in fact no more than a regional dialect which, through one mischance and another, has been permitted to lord it over all the rest.

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Should people never spend on anything except the most dire necessities due to the risk that some mischance may leave them broke?

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Only manners controlling natural passion as far as they could, together with cultural explanations of any mischances.

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According to a management member who narrated the mischance, they believe the mishap was caused by electrical fault.

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