as in misfortunes
bad luck or an example of this
a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke
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Recent Examples of misadventures
The Stanwix Street barrier onto the eastbound lanes of the Parkway East is scarred with the misadventures of a number of drivers over time.
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John Shumway, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Set in Gaza in 2007, and following the misadventures of a student (Nader Abd Alhay) and restaurant owner and petty criminal (Majd Eid), the picture premiered in Un Certain Regard last year and won the Best Director prize.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 May 2026
Feminist Substackers gleefully dissect tradwife pregnancy announcements and raw-milk misadventures.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Audiences are going to have a lot of fun with the adventures and misadventures of these unusual characters, all brought to life with extraordinary quality.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Feminist Substackers gleefully dissect tradwife pregnancy announcements and raw-milk misadventures.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 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
Her narration, once heavy-handed, is now pared down, functioning only as thin connective tissue between Rue’s desert misadventures and the rest of the cast’s Los Angeles lives.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
John Shumway, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Set in Gaza in 2007, and following the misadventures of a student (Nader Abd Alhay) and restaurant owner and petty criminal (Majd Eid), the picture premiered in Un Certain Regard last year and won the Best Director prize.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 May 2026
Feminist Substackers gleefully dissect tradwife pregnancy announcements and raw-milk misadventures.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Audiences are going to have a lot of fun with the adventures and misadventures of these unusual characters, all brought to life with extraordinary quality.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Feminist Substackers gleefully dissect tradwife pregnancy announcements and raw-milk misadventures.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 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
Her narration, once heavy-handed, is now pared down, functioning only as thin connective tissue between Rue’s desert misadventures and the rest of the cast’s Los Angeles lives.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misadventures
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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
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The Philadelphia singer-songwriter seeks out the mystical potential of quotidian misfortunes in a set of psychedelic-of-center bedroom pop songs.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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The effort to both support and regulate DCF comes at a time when the department is being criticized for its handling of several recent tragedies involving children.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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Those scenes' lighthearted whimsy, featuring late-night hijinks with classmates pranking grumpy instructors, pays off in the story's earliest tragedies.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
1 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Misadventures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misadventures. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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