mishap
MIS-hapnounMeaning a small accident or bit of bad luck
Memory hook MIS + HAP: a little BAD LUCK. Ivy trips, and her ice cream cone lands upside down on the dog’s head; it is only a small mishap, and the dog does not mind one bit.
Apart from one mishap with a spilled paint can, the mural went up without trouble.
In context The camping trip had only one mishap: a raccoon stole our pancakes, but nobody was hurt, and we laughed about it for weeks.
Similar accident, misadventure, slip, mischance
From Middle English: mis- (bad) + hap (chance), the same hap found in happen and perhaps.