Word info

miscast

Speech parts

1. miscast - Noun

2. miscast - Adjective

3. miscast - Verb

Meaning

To cast or reckon wrongly.

An erroneous cast or reckoning.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

I was miserable in West Side Story. They really miscast me. I came from the Midwest; what they really needed was a guy that was street smart. The first time I saw the movie, I had to walk out. I looked like the biggest fruit that ever walked on to film. My character was so weak. Richard Beymer

Get the right actor, and the job's halfway done. I've only miscast major people twice in my life – out of respect to them, I won't tell you who. After a couple of days' shooting, I had to tell them I was letting them go. It was hideous. Peter Weir

Writing is my therapy. In addition to my real therapy. God knows where I'd be without it. I'd probably still be at my last job, working in HR at a religious organization. I was horribly miscast. Jenny Lawson

But Savage chafed at the lawyer’s suggestion that a miscast absentee vote blocked a voter from fixing that ballot or casting a provisional ballot at the polls. Source: Internet

A miscast Jennifer Lawrence plus no coherent vision from Aronofsky. Source: Internet

Hepburn was enthusiastic about the film, but it met with a tepid response and she was described as miscast. Source: Internet

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