death by misadventure• The coroner's jurybrought in death by misadventure, on advice by the coroner.• The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.• A secondinquest in February 1987, returned a verdict of death by misadventure.• At the end of a four-hour hearing, the inquest jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure.• A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded.
2.[countableC, uncountableU] literaryACCIDENT bad luck or an accident 不幸,灾难;事故
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misadventure• At the end of a four-hour hearing, the inquestjuryreturned a verdict of death by misadventure.• Verdict: Death by misadventure on Swales and unlawfulkilling on the two girls.• The political fallout from his misadventure has been compared in the Londonpress to that experienced by Sen.• Your little misadventuresaved my life, Walt.• He survived a series of misadventures, including the loss of his boat and a stint in jail.• A titillating evening of non-stop misadventureawaits.• They saved themselves from a terriblemisadventure by testing their dream-before they tried to live it.• My thirdmisadventure of the trip happened while we were in Wellington.• The Coronerrecorded a verdict that his death was misadventure.
Originmisadventure
(1200-1300)Old Frenchmesaventure, from mesavenir“to happen badly”