misadventure

noun mis·ad·ven·ture \ ˌmi-səd-ˈven-chər \

|Updated on: 19 Aug 2018

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Definition of misadventure

: misfortune, mishap

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Examples of misadventure in a Sentence

His vacation turned into a series of misadventures.
a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke

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Brad Bird, after his misadventure with Tomorrowland, goes back to Yesterdayville with this 2004 sequel to his Pixar hit, featuring more adventures of the Parr family of superheroes, newly encouraged here to make further use of their powers.

— gary thompson, Philly.com, "Summer movies 2018: Here's when 'Ocean's 8,' 'Incredibles 2,' 'Jurassic World' and more hit theaters," 6 June 2018
Not long after Mickelson’s misadventure, Tiger Woods clubbed his ball from the pine straw alongside a fairway and sent it rocketing into the darkest reaches of a grove behind a green.

— bill pennington, New York Times, "Day 2 at the Masters Starts With Mayhem and Ends With Patrick Reed in the Lead," 6 Apr. 2018
This bumbling, bungling, blundering media misadventure quite possibly changed the course of Magic history.

— mike bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Worst day of Dwight Howard's life was also one of worst days in Orlando Magic history," 18 June 2018
In 2016, the year of the Tay misadventure, Microsoft created an internal group called Aether, which stands for AI and Ethics in Engineering and Research, chaired by Eric Horvitz.

— jonathan vanian, Fortune, "Unmasking A.I.'s Bias Problem," 25 June 2018
All of Cheryshev’s misadventures also cost him precious time with the national team.

— joshua robinson, WSJ, "Russian Soccer’s Foreign Agent," 24 June 2018
Sense and Sensibility Town Hall Theatre Company presents Kate Hamill’s rollicking adaptation of the Jane Austen novel about the misadventures of the Dashwood sisters — sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne — in gossipy Regency England.

— chronicle staff report, San Francisco Chronicle, "Theater capsule reviews and listings, week of June 17," 14 June 2018
A15-year-old corgi named Pepper went missing in his West Virginia neighborhood this week, and the misadventure soon catapulted him to internet fame.

— caitlin o'kane, CBS News, "Corgi gets lost after storm, goes viral online," 19 June 2018
For those who are unfamiliar, Rich Girls centered on the Manhattan misadventures of Ally and her pal Jaime Gleicher.

— marie lodi, The Cut, "I Think About This a Lot: Ally Hilfiger’s Burrito Breakdown on Rich Girls," 18 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of misadventure

Middle English mesaventure, from Anglo-French, from mesavenir to turn out badly, from mes- mis- + avenir to happen, from Latin advenire — more at adventure

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First Known Use: 14th century

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