accident

IPA: ˈæksʌdʌnt

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
(law) casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
(transport) A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes)
Any chance event.
(uncountable) Chance; random chance.
Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.
(grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
(euphemistic) An instance of incontinence.
Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence.
(euphemistic) An unintended pregnancy.
(derogatory or humorous) A person born from an unintended pregnancy.
(geology) An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
(geology) A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
(heraldry) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
A town in Maryland, United States.

Examples of "accident" in Sentences

They use the term accident to designate any contingent
And all learned doctors will agree to this, if only they understand what the term accident means.
It's common for people to use the word accident for crashes, yet, it's an unfortunate -- and inadequate -- habit.
I hesitate to use the word "accident" because neither the Exxon Valdez oil spill nor the BP disaster were accidents.
And the finding and maintaining happiness is a definite achievement and not an accident, for _it is beyond accident_.
I am sure Nick would have yielded the right of way to this woman if he had been able to see her, hence the term accident, with nobody contributing and causing it.
For languages have a natural but not a perfect growth; like other creations of nature into which the will of man enters, they are full of what we term accident and irregularity.
"Oh, mamma!" she cried, jerking off her bonnet, and throwing herself down on a stool at her mother's feet, "we have had such a dreadful accident, or hardly an _accident_ either, for I feel perfectly certain