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mishapping

mishapping is the present participle and gerund of mishap.

Meaning of mishap

Verb

mishap (third-person singular simple present mishaps, present participle mishapping, simple past and past participle mishapped)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To happen through misfortune; to mishappen.

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Questions about mishapping

What is mishapping the present participle and gerund of?
Mishapping is the present participle and gerund of mishap.

Words near mishapping in the dictionary

  1. mishappened
  2. mishappening
  3. mishappenings
  4. mishappens
  5. mishappiness
  6. mishapping
  7. mishappy
  8. mishaps
  9. mishapt
  10. Mishar
  11. misharmonized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mishapping (page history and authors); mishap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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