misadventure
Example Sentences
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An inquest into his death found Oli died as a result of misadventure.
From BBC
A coroner's office in Australia had recorded a conclusion of "misadventure", but coroner John Gittens said he felt a conclusion of "accident" was more appropriate under UK coroner's law.
From BBC
Perhaps the fissure should bring to mind Nordic depression, or familial misadventures in communication.
Unforced but ever-present in Reichardt’s mise-en-scène, they remind us that this bored aesthete’s misadventure is an especially empty way to buck conformity.
From Los Angeles Times
But one need only read your fine editorial pages to see how much the court’s recent misadventures have had the opposite effect.
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