death by misadventure
noun phrase
British, law
: death caused by an accident
a verdict of death by misadventure
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Owing to a lack of any evidence that Gerry’s death involved anyone else, the inquest results in his end being classified as death by misadventure, but Bundle is not satisfied.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Memoir Giving Up the Ghost Brin-Jonathan Butler Life and death by misadventure.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Memoir Giving Up the Ghost Brin-Jonathan Butler Life and death by misadventure.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Death by misadventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20by%20misadventure. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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