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misadventured

misadventured adjective: unfortunate.

Adjective

misadventured (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) unfortunate
    • From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
      A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
      Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
      Do with their death bury their parents' strife.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of misadventured

alternative formmisadventur'd

Questions about misadventured

What does misadventured mean?
Misadventured means unfortunate.
What part of speech is misadventured?
Misadventured is an adjective.

Words near misadventured in the dictionary

  1. misadorns
  2. misadvantage
  3. misadvantages
  4. misadventur'd
  5. misadventure
  6. misadventured
  7. misadventurer
  8. misadventurers
  9. misadventures
  10. misadventurous
  11. misadventurously

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