His vacation turned into a series of misadventures.
a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke
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After six hours of mistakes, misadventures, indifferent torture and even more indifferent murder, Black Rabbit finally locks in for 90 minutes in the homestretch as the last two episodes become a breathless pursuit through various parts of Brooklyn.—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025 So begins a strange night of coincidences and misadventures.—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 Maybe these movies—as well as a TV show like Lena Dunham’s comic misadventure Too Much—seek to grant us some relief from the pursuit of romantic perfection.—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025 The show focuses on teaching pre-school children the concept of opposites through the misadventures of two fish best friends (one is red and the other is blue, of course).—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for misadventure
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Etymology
Middle English mesaventure, from Anglo-French, from mesavenir to turn out badly, from mes- mis- + avenir to happen, from Latin advenire — more at adventure
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