misadventure

mis·ad·ven·ture  (msd-vnchr)

n.

An instance of misfortune; a mishap.

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[Middle English misaventure from Old French mesaventure, from mesavenir, to result in misfortune : mes-, badly; see mis-¹ + avenir, to turn out (from Latin advenre, to come to; see advent).]

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misadventure

Noun

1. an unlucky event; misfortune

2. Law accidental death not due to crime or negligence

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

misadventure - an instance of misfortune mischance, mishap accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury near miss - an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided derailment - an accident in which a train runs off its track ground loop - a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground misfortune, bad luck - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event puncture - loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object trip, slip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" crash - (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"

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misadventure

noun misfortune, accident, disaster, failure, reverse, setback, catastrophe, debacle, bad luck, calamity, mishap, bad break (informal) ill fortune, ill luck, mischance

Translations

misadventure [mɪsədˈvɛntʃəʳ] n → desventura;

death by misadventure → muerte f accidental

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misadventure [mɪsədˈvɛntʃəʳ] n → mésaventure f;

death by misadventure (Brit) → décès accidentel

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misadventure [mɪsədˈvɛntʃəʳ] n → Missgeschick nt;

death by misadventure (Brit) → Tod m durch Unfall

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misadventure [mɪsədˈvɛntʃəʳ] n → disavventura;

death by misadventure (BRIT) → morte f accidentale