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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His credulity led to misadventures the details of which are so picayune that Chernow’s emphasis on them can be maddening.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
A good number of laughs, many of them from a commanding Salma Hayek as herself, carry an episode that ultimately gets lost in a meta-structural hall of mirrors reducing real concerns into a multiverse misadventure.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Seema, the eldest daughter, settles in Beverly Hills and dies shortly before younger sister Shirin’s misadventure in Aspen.
—Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2025
Image ‘Death of a Unicorn’ On the drive to his boss’s mansion, Elliot (Paul Rudd) hits and nearly kills a unicorn, leading to madcap misadventures in this horror-comedy directed by Alex Scharfman.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
A good number of laughs, many of them from a commanding Salma Hayek as herself, carry an episode that ultimately gets lost in a meta-structural hall of mirrors reducing real concerns into a multiverse misadventure.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Seema, the eldest daughter, settles in Beverly Hills and dies shortly before younger sister Shirin’s misadventure in Aspen.
—Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2025
Image ‘Death of a Unicorn’ On the drive to his boss’s mansion, Elliot (Paul Rudd) hits and nearly kills a unicorn, leading to madcap misadventures in this horror-comedy directed by Alex Scharfman.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Misadventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misadventure. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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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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