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misadventure

[ mis-uhd-ven-cher ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
Synonyms: catastrophe, calamity, disaster, accident, mischance

misadventure

/ ˌmɪsədˈvɛntʃə /

1250–1300; mis- ¹ + adventure; replacing Middle English mesaventure < Old French

But as it turns out, Brown had his own Latin misadventure, one that may have skirted the law.

Palin's latest misadventure was the defense of Dr. Laura Schlessinger's dropping of the n-bomb 11 times on constitutional grounds.

The explanation is simple enough and ought to satisfy you that the misadventure was unavoidable.

It is to be hoped that no case of human misadventure at the teeth of Heloderma may happen.

Through some misadventure, an inadequate guard was detailed to march them to the gaol.

He reached the road without misadventure and dropped lightly down upon its stone-paved surface.

He entered the house swearing every species of vengeance on the innocent cause of his misadventure.

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