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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
Recent Examples on the Web
Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology’s past misadventures with misleading information.
—Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
But in doing so, writer-director James Watkins has swapped out malevolence for a tamer sense of misadventure.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Family Matters–part of the legendary TGIF family programming lineup from the 90s–showed how a lovable, hard-working family has to work even harder to find their place in a world of misadventures.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 5 Sep. 2024
An adaptation of the novel by Peter Brown, the film follows the mishaps and misadventures of Roz, a robot trying to survive — and thrive — in the wilderness of a remote island.
—Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Misadventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misadventure. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
misadventure
noun
mis·ad·ven·ture
ˌmis-əd-ˈven-chər
Legal Definition
misadventure
noun
mis·ad·ven·ture
ˌmi-səd-ˈven-chər
: an accident that causes serious injury or death to a person and that does not involve negligence, wrongful purpose, or unlawful conduct
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