misadventure
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6.9
- noun
- /ˌmɪsədˈvɛnʧər/
- You have obviously had a number of misadventures, losing your leg and your arm.
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Watch on YouTubeI'll do my best to avoid all such misadventures.
- I'll do my best to avoid all such misadventures.
- Jeremiah, the guy who, who, who, who took me on this freaking misadventure, called them the, the men in the Gray suits.
- But he had a book which took you back through all the European adventures, misadventures with war and sovereign expansion.
- The police, as I said, the police are going with a narrative, either suicide or it's misadventure.
- After Stanford Easter went on to create and act in the groundbreaking Wed comedy series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.
Examples
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Janet Evanovich has produced twelve slapstick mysteries around the misadventures of Stephanie Plum, a young, inept bounty hunter in Trenton, New Jersey.
Academic text (2006) -
Nevertheless, I was there, and those two seemed bent on proceeding with this insane misadventure.
Fiction book (1990) -
Fate has turned our little misadventure into a great opportunity.
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And at the end of this extraordinary misadventure, I got off the plane in Panama City.
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Our relationship has been a series of misadventures from beginning to end.
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In the end, when the coroner's jury returned a verdict of "death by misadventure," Sir John pushed the matter no further.
Fiction book (2000) -
The fragmented plot circles around the misadventures of a girl lost on a battlefield.
Fiction book (1999) -
He has some funny misadventures and he makes all kinds of mistakes... ...because he's from the city, right... ...and now he's completely out of his element.
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She laughed at the small misadventure of forgetting her umbrella in the rain.
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His hiking trip was full of funny misadventures, like getting lost or tripping over rocks.
Synonyms
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1.0
An unexpected event that causes harm or damage
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2.7
An event that is unusual or draws attention
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3.7
A bad event that causes trouble
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3.4
A small accident that causes trouble but not serious harm
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8.5
An unlucky event that causes problems
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Etymology
Misadventure begins with mis- meaning 'bad' or 'wrong' and ends with adventure, a word for a 'happening' or risky experience. So a misadventure is simply a 'bad happening'—an adventure that went wrong, like a small accident on a trip.