His vacation turned into a series of misadventures.
a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke
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But the operation was not without misadventure against the Ravens, with kicker Joshua Karty missing a field goal off the right upright and long snapper Alex Ward delivering a high snap on the team’s second attempt.—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025 Will MacKenzie, Simon Cooper, Neil Sutherland, and Jay Cartwright are set for another round of misadventures.—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025 His misadventure begins, as so many of Robinson’s sketches do, with a humiliation.—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025 In this case, the golden retriever's misadventure highlighted the gap between enthusiasm and execution, especially in the demanding work of herding livestock.—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for misadventure
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Etymology
Middle English mesaventure, from Anglo-French, from mesavenir to turn out badly, from mes- mis- + avenir to happen, from Latin advenire — more at adventure
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