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death by misadventure

death by misadventure noun: an accidental death not caused by any violation of law or criminal negligence, but by a risk taken voluntarily.

Noun

death by misadventure (countable and uncountable, plural deaths by misadventure)

  1. (UK) An accidental death not caused by any violation of law or criminal negligence, but by a risk taken voluntarily.
    • 8 July 1969¶ Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones drowned while ‘drunk and drugged’: coroner records death by misadventure. Mick Jagger pays poetic tribute in London’s Hyde Park.2019 April 15, Richard Nelsson, “Looking back: rock star deaths”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2025

Forms of death by misadventure

pluraldeaths by misadventure
alternative formby misadventure

Questions about death by misadventure

What does death by misadventure mean?
Death by misadventure means an accidental death not caused by any violation of law or criminal negligence, but by a risk taken voluntarily.
What part of speech is death by misadventure?
Death by misadventure is a noun.
What is the plural of death by misadventure?
The plural of death by misadventure is deaths by misadventure.

Words near death by misadventure in the dictionary

  1. death by a thousand paper cuts
  2. death by a thousand papercuts
  3. death by chocolate
  4. death by coconut
  5. death by cop
  6. death by misadventure
  7. death by PowerPoint
  8. death camas
  9. death camp
  10. death camps
  11. death candle

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