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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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
While shareholders cheered the idea that a bidding war could help finally get them above water after a three-and-a-half-year merger misadventure, Wall Street analysts see Paramount as the heavy favorite.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
There is not much to say about that misadventure, other than that some people still haven’t gotten the memo about dissociative anesthetics and bathtubs.
—Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
What follows is a series of comical misadventures—navigating checkpoints, ruining a wedding, and even car theft—all in a desperate race to get the dove to a beauty pageant in Jerusalem.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Misadventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misadventure. Accessed 29 Oct. 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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