misadventure

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mis·ad·ven·ture | \ ˌmi-səd-ˈven-chər

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

Recent Examples on the Web The Times did not include an opinion from the wives on their husbands’ misadventure. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021 With those words from referee John Hussey, the Dolphins stopped moving to the locker room after a what-was-that misadventure just before half. — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2021 What if there is another disruption in the supply chain and Taiwan, which is responsible for 60% of the world’s semiconductor manufacturing, does not deliver because of an earthquake or a political misadventure? — Cyrus Hadavi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021 And the landscape of Lewiston, Maine, where much of the film takes place, seems like a breeding ground for misadventure. — John Anderson, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021 The title of this sweet, slight tale nods to the misadventure to which Diana consents. — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021 The misadventure ends with an almost laughably implausible action sequence, followed by a prologue that lands somewhere between thoughtfully ambiguous and anticlimactic. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2021 Kronz and Watkins posted about the misadventure on social media to warn others about how dangerous conditions are. — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2021 America’s two-decade-long misadventure in Afghanistan has ended. — Robin Wrigh, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2021

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