A consequence that is brought to or by someone accidentally or can be used to describe a consenquence that is undesirable or can be used to frighten someone from doing something someone does not want them to do.
The landscape you "find" yourself looking at when you discover that:
A) The GPS/NAV computer in your rental car tells you to take a turn off that results in your being somewhere other than your intended/desired destination.
B) Your shotgun riding, "navigator" mis-reads the road map, gives you bad directions, and you're LOST.
C) You've incorrectly copied down an address and you're just plain... LOST.
A supposedly "intelligent" excuse given in business and legal affairs that translates to "we didn't do our homework and check up on what could happen, so your money is gone, have a nice day."