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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 of misadventure from the Web
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Now creator Jeff Kinney is packing up his cartoon clan for another misadventure, this time in the friendly (and lately, not-so-friendly) skies.
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DUCK SEASON: Eating, Drinking, and Other Misadventures in Gascony —
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Is Woods addicted to painkillers, or was his Memorial Day misadventure just an unfortunate one-off?
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But the near-hurl misadventure was a reminder that my days of freely boarding motion rides are long gone.
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The show focused on the misadventures of a family named the Jetsons, led by father George Jetson.
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Mikey (www.fuccon.com) follows the misadventures of the Fuccons, a stereotypical American family living in Tokyo.
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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
MISADVENTURE Defined for English Language Learners
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: an unlucky event or occurrence : a bad experience or accident that is usually minor
MISADVENTURE Defined for Kids
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: an unfortunate or unpleasant event
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: 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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