Examples of misadventure in a Sentence
His vacation turned into a series of misadventures.
a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke
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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.
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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
One of the primary drivers of the MAGA movement was the fallout of America’s misadventure in Iraq.
—Massimo Calabresi, Time, 26 June 2025
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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
One of the primary drivers of the MAGA movement was the fallout of America’s misadventure in Iraq.
—Massimo Calabresi, Time, 26 June 2025
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“Misadventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misadventure. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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misadventure
noun
mis·ad·ven·ture
ˌmis-əd-ˈven-chər 
Legal Definition
misadventure
noun
mis·ad·ven·ture
ˌmi-səd-ˈven-chər
: an accident that causes serious injury or death to a person and that does not involve negligence, wrongful purpose, or unlawful conduct
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