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
Finlay's misadventures are also set to hit the screen.
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Audiences fell in love with Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt’s pitch-perfect chemistry as Paul and Jamie Buchman, a married couple whose everyday misadventures felt hilariously — sometimes painfully — relatable.
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Sumner’s uncivil words against Butler provided Brooks with the opportunity to make up for a lifetime of misadventures.
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Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
Feminist Substackers gleefully dissect tradwife pregnancy announcements and raw-milk misadventures.
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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.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 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.
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Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Audiences fell in love with Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt’s pitch-perfect chemistry as Paul and Jamie Buchman, a married couple whose everyday misadventures felt hilariously — sometimes painfully — relatable.
—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Sumner’s uncivil words against Butler provided Brooks with the opportunity to make up for a lifetime of misadventures.
—
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
The Stanwix Street barrier onto the eastbound lanes of the Parkway East is scarred with the misadventures of a number of drivers over time.
—
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misadventures
Noun
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Repairing Furniture There are few misfortunes greater than scratching a new piece of dark wood furniture.
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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.
Noun
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But the real solution is mandatory speed limits in whale hot spots, which have been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of tragedies like this.
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Over 100 mourners gathered last week around a memorial of flowers and photos to remember two young sisters slain by their father — another in a frustratingly long line of domestic violence tragedies.
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“Misadventures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misadventures. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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