Definition of "misadventure" []

• An instance of misfortune; a mishap. (noun)

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• "This misadventure is already serving as really funny material for your writings!"
• "A 19-year-old man was fatally struck by a train in Pickering Sunday night in what police are describing as a "misadventure.""
• "But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time."