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
As with our many Middle East misadventures, for the Epstein files there really is no end in sight.
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Robin Abcarian, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Trump has long mocked Bush for ruining his presidency by invading Iraq, and his administration over the past week has sought to downplay any parallels between Bush’s misadventures and its own attack on Iran.
—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Because if these endorsement misadventures are any indication, the Democratic Party has a long road still to travel to repair its own proxy battles over deeper issues.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Up until the two hundred and fiftieth, which, save a miracle, is going to break all earlier records for dismal misadventure, regrettable calamity, and shocking violence, no fifty-year anniversary of the founding was more turbulent than the Bicentennial.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Robin Abcarian, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Trump has long mocked Bush for ruining his presidency by invading Iraq, and his administration over the past week has sought to downplay any parallels between Bush’s misadventures and its own attack on Iran.
—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Because if these endorsement misadventures are any indication, the Democratic Party has a long road still to travel to repair its own proxy battles over deeper issues.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Up until the two hundred and fiftieth, which, save a miracle, is going to break all earlier records for dismal misadventure, regrettable calamity, and shocking violence, no fifty-year anniversary of the founding was more turbulent than the Bicentennial.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misadventure
Noun
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For the more superstitious among us, Friday the 13th is a day that means bad luck and misfortune.—
Annie Harrigan,
Billboard,
17 Mar. 2026
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That’s the idea that men who date women in the Kardashian family often face personal or professional misfortune.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The panel also discussed the ethical balance between storytelling and respecting real-life tragedy.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Described as a political fable that combines elements of a crime thriller with epic tragedy, the plot of Minotaur sees a Russian corporate executives preparing to carry out mass layoffs, who discovers his wife is having an affair.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Misadventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misadventure. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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