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Discover LudwigThe word "misadventure" is correct and usable in written English
It is used to describe an unfortunate event that has occurred due to an accident or error. For example, “Jim's last misadventure resulted in a broken arm and a hefty hospital bill.”
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An inquest recorded a verdict of misadventure after finding that she had 416mg of alcohol per decilitre in her blood – more than five times the legal drink-drive limit and enough to make her comatose and depress her respiratory system.
In 2007, to mark the 25th anniversary of the match, the Salvadoran Football Association decided to celebrate the team's achievements rather than wallow in their one misadventure.
Away in Harvard's ivory towers, when the drum beats for war were rolling, he never voted for the great misadventure and in 2010 he distinguished himself in a tight race with his brother by letting slip that he had always believed that it was a mistake.
(Does Mr Bennett not possess a mirror?) Richard Perle called it a "misadventure" that should be ignored.
But only 12 months later Diageo had to write down the value of its purchase, after its sales had fallen 78% in response to the Chinese government's ban on the giving of "gifts" to officials.Diageo's Chinese misadventure is a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of Western spirit-makers' push into emerging markets.
But, as we pore over the lessons of this misadventure, we do not conclude that our past misjudgments warrant a rush into the cold arms of "realism".
In backing Mr Wulff, Mrs Merkel was opposing a symbol of democratic renewal.It is the latest misadventure for a government that has been stumbling since its inception.
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THAT George Bush, who has never visited Israel or the Palestinians as president, chose not to pop over this week from Jordan, served as a useful signal to their leaders that they are in danger of becoming irrelevant to him.Israel's misadventure against Hizbullah in Lebanon this summer ruined Ehud Olmert's credibility as prime minister and put paid to his plan to pull out of parts of the West Bank.
Now they become first preelderly, then senior citizens and pass away in a terminal episode or (if doctors botch their treatment) after a therapeutic misadventure.
But for more than 15 years Moulinex had lurched from misadventure to crisis, under a succession of managers.
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