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Definition of Miscast
1. Verb. Cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role.
Definition of Miscast
1. v. t. To cast or reckon wrongly.
2. n. An erroneous cast or reckoning.
Definition of Miscast
1. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To cast or reckon incorrectly. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To cast or direct erroneously or improperly. ¹
3. Verb. To cast an actor in an inappropriate role. ¹
4. Verb. To make an error when casting a vote. ¹
5. Noun. An erroneous cast or reckoning. ¹
6. Adjective. Erroneously cast ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miscast
1. to cast in an unsuitable role [v -CAST, -CASTING, -CASTS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miscast
Literary usage of Miscast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Amy Lowell (1921)
"miscast n My heart is like a cleft pomegranate Bleeding crimson seeds And dripping
them on the ground. My heart gapes because it is ripe and over-full. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The number is somewhat miscast by Polybius. Raleigh, Hist. World, V. ii. § 8.
... To cast or direct erroneously or improperly : as, to miscast a glance. ..."
3. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1868)
"A question arising concerning any miscast in the lists of estates, whether such
mistakes ought not to be rectified, and [401] the rate for such || miscast ..."
4. The Public Records of the State of Connecticut by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council of Safety (1894)
"Whereas it may frequently happen that the listers in the several towns in this
State by mistake may miscast the lists of their respective towns, ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: Compiled for the Use of Common Schools by Noah Webster (1817)
"... n. an abortion, failure, fault Miscar'iy, vi to have an abortion, fail miscast',
vt miscast, pret. miscast, pa. to act wrong, to commit a fault ..."
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