misadventure

noun

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

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Based on the 1955 animated classic, this modern retelling will once again chronicle the misadventures of Lady, a snooty Cocker Spaniel who falls in love with Tramp, a hardscrabble stray mutt from the other side of the tracks. — Dan Barna, Teen Vogue, "Tessa Thompson Will Reportedly Voice Lady in Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" Remake," 14 Aug. 2018 So just like that, Blake both failed and owned Instagram in one fell swoop, which should come as no surprise to anyone who’s been following her charming social media misadventures. — Dan Barna, Teen Vogue, "Blake Lively Responds to Hater on Instagram With Hilarious Comment," 17 Aug. 2018 This completely darling new series follows the misadventures at an unusual summer camp where all the counselors are teenage witches, some of whom throw tea parties for monsters. — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, "How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend?," 5 July 2018 Unfortunately, everything else in this misadventure, from annoying love interests to cloying sidekicks, is a mine cart going off the rails. 30. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "All of Steven Spielberg's movies (including 'Ready Player One'), ranked," 28 Mar. 2018 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

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