† disventurousadj.
Obsolete.
Unfortunate, disastrous.
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blacka1387
unhappyc1386
mischievousc1390
mischieffula1400
tragicalc1525
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calamitous1545
mistempered1570
disadventurous1590
ominous1594
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ill-starredc1704
disventurousa1739
catastrophal1842
a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. iv. xvi. 362 Would to god this disventurous adventure, that threatens us, may end in no worse.
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