misˈchanced, a.
[f. mischance n. + -ed.]
† 1. Unlucky, unfortunate, ill-fated. Obs.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace viii. 320 Curssand fortoun off his myschansit [ed. 1570 mischancefull] cace. 1552 Huloet, Mischaunced, infortunatus. |
2. Gone wrong.
| 1875 O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent xi. 255 From these [the Annulosa] diverged on one side the Testacea, who might perhaps be called mischanced vertebrata, and on the other the true vertebrate animals. |