as in misfortune
bad luck or an example of this
a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke
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Recent Examples of misadventure
Feminist Substackers gleefully dissect tradwife pregnancy announcements and raw-milk misadventures.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
What once looked like a misadventure turned out to be a pivotal chapter in the story Pichai began telling a decade earlier.
—Sam Jacobs, Time, 6 May 2026
Troy was the starting point of Odysseus’s calamitous 10-year westward voyage, with many detours and misadventures, to his kingdom of Ithaca.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Handing the keys of power to wannabe authoritarians is starting to look deeply unwise in light of Washington’s military and trade misadventures.
—Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
What once looked like a misadventure turned out to be a pivotal chapter in the story Pichai began telling a decade earlier.
—Sam Jacobs, Time, 6 May 2026
Troy was the starting point of Odysseus’s calamitous 10-year westward voyage, with many detours and misadventures, to his kingdom of Ithaca.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Handing the keys of power to wannabe authoritarians is starting to look deeply unwise in light of Washington’s military and trade misadventures.
—Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for misadventure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misadventure
Noun
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Does White’s misfortune offer Alexander-Arnold a route back?—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Farmers markets — that humble and charming throwback to a bygone era — are also struggling with higher fuel prices, after weathering the economic calamities of the pandemic and other misfortunes.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Those intentions prove to be relatively short-lived, as personal tragedy and political machinations eventually drove both men down their familiar old paths.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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One year after a fire at a religious hospice claimed the lives of 12 children, Mariel and Tino – a pair of documentary filmmakers – investigate the case of Gisela, the young volunteer who caused the tragedy and whom everyone believes to be dead.—
Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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“Misadventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misadventure. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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