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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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Tired of Gru’s identity crisis and craving the comforts of old-fashioned villainy, the Minions resign in protest and spend much of the movie off by themselves, utterly oblivious to their former master and his latest round of imbecilic misadventures.
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The show follows the retail misadventures of comic shop owner Kent Carney and his offbeat gang of employees.
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Revolving around a succession of romantic misadventures, the film was written by Madelyn, whose mostly witty dialogue and assured performance as an aimless college grad updates the archetype of the smart ditz with a modern sexual frankness.
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Not only are cards not accepted everywhere, but pockets get picked, ATMs eat debit cards and other misadventures can befall you.
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And there's no better time to binge past episodes - let their misadventures be inspiration for your summer antics.
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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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When compared to other mascot misadventures, Mr. Met’s digit of disdain seems pretty tame.
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DUCK SEASON: Eating, Drinking, and Other Misadventures in Gascony —
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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
misadventure
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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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