Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instance of misfortune; a mishap.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An unfortunate adventure or hap; a mischance; ill luck.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure.
- noun (Law) homicide which occurs when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also
excusable homicide . SeeHomicide .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
accidental mishap ormisfortune .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an instance of misfortune
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This misadventure is already serving as really funny material for your writings!
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A 19-year-old man was fatally struck by a train in Pickering Sunday night in what police are describing as a "misadventure."
Thestar.com - Home Page Amanda Kwan 2011
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A 19-year-old man was fatally struck by a train in Pickering Sunday night in what police are describing as a "misadventure."
Thestar.com - Home Page Amanda Kwan 2011
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But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Aldrich, Lawrence L. 1990
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But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Walters, William 1969
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But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Cudlike, Charles J. 1969
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But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Roberson, John W. 1969
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Therefore we removed the points gained by this type of "misadventure" - it includes a "look what you could have won" points tally.
Voodoo Extreme 2010
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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.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Camp Hits Back At Hillary's Reagan Criticism 2009
victoriapl commented on the word misadventure
an event that turned out badly; misfortune; mishap
December 2, 2007