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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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One of the things I was known for writing about early in my time as a columnist was Maintenance Manor, a scene of ongoing misadventures in home improvement.
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A new book by Cyrus Bozorgmehr, the advisor for the Once Upon a Time in Shaolin project, is devoted to telling the story of this grand misadventure in 288 pages.
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For Winston, that likely points to an off-the-field misadventure.
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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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That volume was the first in a series of books about Paddington's adventures and misadventures that sold tens of millions of copies and were translated into dozens of languages.
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That volume was the first in a shelfful of books about Paddington’s adventures and misadventures that sold tens of millions of copies and were translated into dozens of languages.
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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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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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