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misadventurous

misadventurous adjective: unfortunate; doomed.

Adjective

misadventurous (comparative more misadventurous, superlative most misadventurous)

  1. (obsolete) unfortunate; doomed

Forms of misadventurous

comparativemore misadventurous
superlativemost misadventurous

Origin of misadventurous

From misadventure + -ous?

Words formed from misadventurous

Questions about misadventurous

What does misadventurous mean?
Misadventurous means unfortunate; doomed.
What part of speech is misadventurous?
Misadventurous is an adjective.

Words near misadventurous in the dictionary

  1. misadventure
  2. misadventured
  3. misadventurer
  4. misadventurers
  5. misadventures
  6. misadventurous
  7. misadventurously
  8. misadvertence
  9. misadvice
  10. misadvices
  11. misadvise

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