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
So while their untimely demise happened within minutes 150 million years ago, thanks to this discovery their tales of mealtime misadventure are now permanently etched in the history books.
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New Atlas, 13 July 2025
Of course, these same officials who are always seeking new revenue enhancements want to protect us from ourselves and the taboo misadventure of blowing off fireworks.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
Seven decades before Limonov fired his machine gun into Sarajevo, another poet went on a Croatian misadventure some five-hundred miles north in Rjeka, then known as Fiume.
—Ed Simon
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Absent a major provocation, few U.S. leaders, especially one as image conscious as Trump, would relish another such misadventure.
—Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
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New Atlas, 13 July 2025
Of course, these same officials who are always seeking new revenue enhancements want to protect us from ourselves and the taboo misadventure of blowing off fireworks.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
Seven decades before Limonov fired his machine gun into Sarajevo, another poet went on a Croatian misadventure some five-hundred miles north in Rjeka, then known as Fiume.
—Ed Simon
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Absent a major provocation, few U.S. leaders, especially one as image conscious as Trump, would relish another such misadventure.
—Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for misadventure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misadventure
Noun
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When a child is harmed, her parent, in scrambling to make sense of her family’s sorrow and misfortune, may settle on blaming the person closest at hand.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
7 July 2025
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Some shook their legs nervously, others gave death glares to folks with the misfortune of sitting on creaky chairs.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
8 June 2025
Noun
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In later years, Francis took extended breaks from music due to tragedy.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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And, as her recording career suffered, Francis experienced personal tragedy in 1974 when she was raped at knifepoint in her hotel room after performing at the Westbury Music Fair.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
18 July 2025
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“Misadventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misadventure. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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