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MISCAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does miscast mean?
• MISCAST (verb)
The verb MISCAST has 1 sense:
1. cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
Familiarity information: MISCAST used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they miscast ... he / she / it miscasts
Past simple: miscast
Past participle: miscast
-ing form: miscasting
... he / she / it miscasts Past simple: miscast
Past participle: miscast
-ing form: miscasting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "miscast" is one way to...):
cast (select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet)
Domain category:
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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