misadventure

(mĭs'əd-vĕn'chər)
n.
An instance of misfortune; a mishap.

[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).]

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noun

An unexpected and usually undesirable event: accident, casualty, contretemps, mischance, misfortune, mishap. See help/harm/harmless, surprise/expect.

n

Definition: bad luck, mishap
Antonyms: blessing, good fortune, good luck, success, triumph

An accident. A homicide by misadventure results from a lawful act unaccompanied by criminal carelessness or recklessness.
179 So. 591, 600. It differs from involuntary manslaughter in that the homicide by misadventure must be the result of a lawful act. 10 So. 667, 669.

See words rhyming with "misadventure."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - uheld, ulykkestilfælde

Nederlands (Dutch)
tegenspoed

Français (French)
n. - (Jur) mésaventure, mésaventure (sout)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mißgeschick

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ατύχημα, κακοτυχία, αναποδιά

Italiano (Italian)
disavventura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - desventura (f)

Русский (Russian)
несчастный случай

Español (Spanish)
n. - desgracia, percance, accidente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - missöde

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
运气不佳的遭遇

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 運氣不佳的遭遇

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 불행, 나쁜 일

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不運, 不運なできごと, 災難, 不幸

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תאונה, חוסר מזל‬

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