Definitions
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- adjective Unlucky.
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- adjective
unlucky
Etymologies
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mischance + -ful
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Examples
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She believed herself indispensable, but she knew that in such a mischanceful world as this the very powers of darkness might rise to separate her from this pearl among jobs.
A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Willa Sibert Cather 1910
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