misadventure
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ədˈvɛn noun
an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
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| —n | |
| 1. | an unlucky event; misfortune |
| 2. | law accidental death not due to crime or negligence |
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Misadventure
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Example sentences
Misadventure piles on misadventure, but he bears it all with a grim cheerfulness and stubborn courage.
But consideration for his parents' sensibilities would have required the suppression of this misadventure.
Accident in medical care a misadventure or poisoning occurring during surgery or other medical care.
It is the latest misadventure for a government that has been stumbling since its inception.
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