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misadventure

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[ US /mɪsədˈvɛntʃɝ/ ]
[ UK /mɪsɐdvˈɛnt‍ʃɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an instance of misfortune

How To Use misadventure In A Sentence

  • Poor Sulkorig is dead by misadventure, his head broken by the hoof of the Lord Constable's horse. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
  • While on the subject of that patient, although he does eventually say: Once believed to be rare, the malady, also called celiac sprue, is now recognized more frequently thanks to sophisticated diagnostic tests. the fact remains that fifteen years ago, when this poor lady began her medical misadventures, anyone who even thought of celiac disease would have been -- correctly -- laughed out of the conference room. "How Doctors Think": A Disappointment
  • Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through success, but through misadventure. 
  • The Victorian charm remains strong in this novel of misadventure, and seems even more satirical in the context of today's society.
  • Ironically, despite their misadventures, the franchisees look as if they will survive in one form or another without the crutch of public funding.
  • I'm going to make my fortune by selling out and making a reality TV show called Downhill From Thirty about my health misadventures.
  • Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through success, but through misadventure. 
  • The Fatal Nature of Life I like the title bounds throughout history chronicling the misadventures of a pathetic loser who, through nearly every fault of his own, just can’t get things right. Archive 2006-08-27
  • Of course, there are bound to be some misadventures.
  • Brothers Tim and David Dang have poured their proclivities for fanciful imaginings and arty doodles into a sharply drawn comic for kids, Brilliant Boy, about a handful of precocious tykes and their G-rated misadventures.
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