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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Released on April 1, Enough recounts everything from Reid’s difficult childhood and relationship with her mother, to lonely nights in the back of her truck in Montana, to many misadventures in love.
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
The plot centers a father and daughter who hit a unicorn with their car and the following misadventures that come when the father’s boss tries to use the unicorn’s magical properties for gain.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 13 Mar. 2025
Even the film’s choice of skirmish—an ostensibly simple operation, insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but still doomed to go lethally awry—feels like a commentary on the larger misadventure, a microcosmic exercise in futility.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Written by Cate and Blake Sennett, who also features in the ensemble, the film follows the Tipton family on a chaotic cross-country trip filled with misadventure, emotional blowups, and unexpected holiday magic — the kind that only happens when everything goes completely off the rails.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
The plot centers a father and daughter who hit a unicorn with their car and the following misadventures that come when the father’s boss tries to use the unicorn’s magical properties for gain.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 13 Mar. 2025
Even the film’s choice of skirmish—an ostensibly simple operation, insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but still doomed to go lethally awry—feels like a commentary on the larger misadventure, a microcosmic exercise in futility.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Written by Cate and Blake Sennett, who also features in the ensemble, the film follows the Tipton family on a chaotic cross-country trip filled with misadventure, emotional blowups, and unexpected holiday magic — the kind that only happens when everything goes completely off the rails.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Misadventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misadventure. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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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