Misadventure

Word MISADVENTURE
Character 12
Hyphenation mis ad ven ture
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Misadventure"

What do we mean by misadventure?

An instance of misfortune; a mishap. noun

An unfortunate adventure or hap; a mischance; ill luck. noun

Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure. noun

Homicide which occurs when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also excusable homicide. See Homicide. noun

An accidental mishap or misfortune. noun

An instance of misfortune noun

An accidental mishap or misfortune.

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The word "misadventure" in example sentences

This misadventure is already serving as really funny material for your writings! ❋ Unknown (2009)

A 19-year-old man was fatally struck by a train in Pickering Sunday night in what police are describing as a "misadventure." ❋ Amanda Kwan (2011)

But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. ❋ Unknown (1990)

Therefore we removed the points gained by this type of "misadventure" - it includes a "look what you could have won" points tally. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A review of the resolution vote count makes it clear that the misadventure was a Republican idea; the only opposition came from 20 Democrats and 1 Independent in the Senate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What I mean by that is either accident or, well, you know, therapeutic misadventure, which is more than just an accident. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only misadventure occurs when a gold chain from my wife's bracelet becomes stuck in the tray table hinge. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then the player said, "It's because Player X the one that the speaker blamed for the misadventure is a Jew." ❋ Unknown (2006)

A reposting on Matthew In Beirut, originally from winterson.com, depicting a Chinese bootleg DVD subtitling misadventure of Star Wars 3 thanks to Robin Edgerton. ❋ Unknown (2005)

George W. Bush has been accused, in the words of his former anti-terrorism czar, of doing "a terrible job" of fighting terrorism-distracted by what Richard Clarke called a misadventure in Iraq and a feckless defense of the homeland. ❋ Unknown (2004)

We've lost focus on that while going off on what I've called a misadventure in Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Our misadventure was the result of a series of mistakes, no one of which would have been other than discreditable to men of more experience. ❋ Hudson Stuck (1891)

The symbolism of American soldiers leaving Afghanistan after a decade of occupation and irrespective of the outcome bears too close a parallel to the ignominious Soviet "misadventure" there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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