misadventure

mis·ad·ven·ture

 (mĭs′əd-vĕn′chər)

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 advenīre, to come to; see advent).]

misadventure

(ˌmɪsədˈvɛntʃə)

n

1. an unlucky event; misfortune

2. (Law) law accidental death not due to crime or negligence

mis•ad•ven•ture

(ˌmɪs ədˈvɛn tʃər)

n.

misfortune; mishap.

misadventure

Past participle: misadventured
Gerund: misadventuring

Imperative

misadventure

misadventure

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"

misadventure

noun misfortune, accident, disaster, failure, reverse, setback, catastrophe, debacle, bad luck, calamity, mishap, bad break (informal), ill fortune, ill luck, mischance a verdict of death by misadventure

misadventure

noun

An unexpected and usually undesirable event:

accident, casualty, contretemps, mischance, misfortune, mishap.

Translations

حادِث مُؤسِف

nehoda

uheldulykke

Missgeschick

accidentmalheurmésaventure

óhapp, slys

disavventura

nelaimenelaimes gadījums

kazatalihsizlik

不幸的事运气不佳的遭遇

misadventure

[ˌmɪsədˈventʃəʳ] N → desgracia f, contratiempo m
death by misadventure (Jur) → muerte f accidental

misadventure

[ˌmɪsədˈvɛntʃə^r] n → mésaventure f death by misadventure

misadventure

n → Missgeschick nt; death by misadventure → Tod m → durch Unfall

misadventure

[ˌmɪsədˈvɛntʃəʳ] n → sfortuna, disavventura
death by misadventure (Brit) (Law) → morte f accidentale

misadventure

(misədˈventʃə) noun

an unlucky happening or accident. ongelukkige gebeurtenis حادِث مُؤسِف злополука desventura nehoda das Mißgeschick uheld; ulykke δεινοπάθημα, ατύχημα desgracia ebaõnn حادثه ناگوار onnettomuus mésaventure מָווֶת בִּתאוּנָה, מַזָל בִּיש दुर्घटना nezgoda baleset kemalangan óhapp, slys disavventura 不運 재난, 불행 nelaimė, nelaimingas atsitikimas nelaimes gadījums; nelaime peristiwa malang ongelukuhell, ulykke wypadek غمجنه پيښه desventura nenorocire; accident несчастье; несчастныи случаи nehoda nezgoda nesreća missöde ความโชคร้าย kaza; talihsizlik 不幸遭遇，意外 нещастя, нещасний випадок ناگہانی، سوء اتفاق sự bất hạnh 不幸的事，运气不佳的遭遇

misadventure

n. infortunio, desgracia; accidente.