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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

Meaning of "miscast" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISCAST

miscast  [ˌmɪsˈkɑːst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISCAST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Miscast is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb miscast in English.

WHAT DOES MISCAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of miscast in the English dictionary

The first definition of miscast in the dictionary is to cast badly. Other definition of miscast is to cast in inappropriately. Miscast is also to assign an inappropriate role to.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISCAST

PRESENT

Present
I miscast
you miscast
he/she/it miscasts
we miscast
you miscast
they miscast
Present continuous
I am miscasting
you are miscasting
he/she/it is miscasting
we are miscasting
you are miscasting
they are miscasting
Present perfect
I have miscast
you have miscast
he/she/it has miscast
we have miscast
you have miscast
they have miscast
Present perfect continuous
I have been miscasting
you have been miscasting
he/she/it has been miscasting
we have been miscasting
you have been miscasting
they have been miscasting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I miscast
you miscast
he/she/it miscast
we miscast
you miscast
they miscast
Past continuous
I was miscasting
you were miscasting
he/she/it was miscasting
we were miscasting
you were miscasting
they were miscasting
Past perfect
I had miscast
you had miscast
he/she/it had miscast
we had miscast
you had miscast
they had miscast
Past perfect continuous
I had been miscasting
you had been miscasting
he/she/it had been miscasting
we had been miscasting
you had been miscasting
they had been miscasting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will miscast
you will miscast
he/she/it will miscast
we will miscast
you will miscast
they will miscast
Future continuous
I will be miscasting
you will be miscasting
he/she/it will be miscasting
we will be miscasting
you will be miscasting
they will be miscasting
Future perfect
I will have miscast
you will have miscast
he/she/it will have miscast
we will have miscast
you will have miscast
they will have miscast
Future perfect continuous
I will have been miscasting
you will have been miscasting
he/she/it will have been miscasting
we will have been miscasting
you will have been miscasting
they will have been miscasting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would miscast
you would miscast
he/she/it would miscast
we would miscast
you would miscast
they would miscast
Conditional continuous
I would be miscasting
you would be miscasting
he/she/it would be miscasting
we would be miscasting
you would be miscasting
they would be miscasting
Conditional perfect
I would have miscast
you would have miscast
he/she/it would have miscast
we would have miscast
you would have miscast
they would have miscast
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been miscasting
you would have been miscasting
he/she/it would have been miscasting
we would have been miscasting
you would have been miscasting
they would have been miscasting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you miscast
we let´s miscast
you miscast
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to miscast
Past participle
miscast
Present Participle
miscasting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISCAST


Aircast
ɛə kɑːst
broadcast
ˈbrɔːdˌkɑːst
cast
kɑːst
caste
kɑːst
forecast
ˈfɔːˌkɑːst
intercaste
ˌɪntəˈkɑːst
karst
kɑːst
molecast
ˈməʊlˈkɑːst
multicast
ˈmʌltɪˌkɑːst
newscast
ˈnjuːzˌkɑːst
outcast
ˈaʊtˌkɑːst
overcast
ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst
podcast
ˈpɒdˌkɑːst
precast
ˈpriːˌkɑːst
recast
riːˈkɑːst
subcaste
ˈsʌbˌkɑːst
telecast
ˈtɛlɪˌkɑːst
uncast
ʌnˈkɑːst
undercast
ˌʌndəˈkɑːst
webcast
ˈwɛbˌkɑːst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISCAST

miscalculate
miscalculation
miscalculator
miscall
miscaller
miscanthus
miscaption
miscarriage
miscarriage of justice
miscarried
miscarries
miscarry
miscatalog
miscegen
miscegenate
miscegenation
miscegenational
miscegenator
miscegenetic
miscegenist

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISCAST

be cast
die-cast
downcast
news broadcast
opencast
outside broadcast
plaster cast
radio broadcast
rebroadcast
roughcast
sand-cast
shipping forecast
simulcast
sportscast
stone cast
television broadcast
the die is cast
vodcast
weather forecast
weathercast

Synonyms and antonyms of miscast in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «miscast» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISCAST

Find out the translation of miscast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of miscast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «miscast» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

miscast
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

miscast
570 millions of speakers

English

miscast
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

miscast
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميسكاست
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неправильно распределять роли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

miscast
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেমানান ভুমিকায় নামানো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fiasco
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Miscast
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fehlbesetzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

miscast
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

miscast
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Miscast
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

miscast
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிதைந்துபோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Miscast
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanlış rol dağıtımı yapmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

miscast
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miscast
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неправильно розподіляти ролі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

face o proastă distribuție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

miscast
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

miscast
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

GE FEL ROLL
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

miscast
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of miscast

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISCAST»

The term «miscast» is regularly used and occupies the 72.985 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISCAST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about miscast

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2 QUOTES WITH «MISCAST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word miscast.
1
Richard Beymer
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.
2
Jenny Lawson
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.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISCAST»

Discover the use of miscast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to miscast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Miscast: Negotiating the Presence of the Bushmen ; [... ...
In this lavishly illustrated work, prepared to accompany an elaborate exhibit, eminent scholars explore the term "Bushman", and the relationships that gave rise to it, from the perspectives of anthropology, archaeology, comparative religion ...
Pippa Skotnes, South African National Gallery, 1996
2
English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
MISCAST Mode Indicative Tense Simple Present Present Perfect Simple Past Past Perfect I miscast have miscast miscast had miscast you miscast have miscast miscast had miscast he/she/it miscasts has miscast miscast had miscast we ...
TZ-one, 2013
3
Challenge and Transformation: Museums in Cape Town and Sydney
54 Seeing Miscast, however, was a different experience. For him, the photographs failed to offer any new image of the Khoi-San: "How . . . does Miscast . . . challenge past and (its own) present representations of the Khoisan? How does it say, ...
Katherine J. Goodnow, Jack Lohman, Jatti Bredekamp, 2006
4
Construction Stakeholder Management
Given the implications of the lost production time had for the progress of the works, the contractor further proposed incorporating as many of the miscast segments as possible into the works since the errors had no implications for the structural ...
Ezekiel Chinyio, Paul Olomolaiye, 2009
5
A Companion to Museum Studies
Miscast brought to the fore issues of cultural ownership: who has the right to speak for whom? Can a person from one group legitimately represent the experiences of another? Miscast also highlighted the shortcomings of time- honored cultural ...
Sharon Macdonald, 2011
6
History After Apartheid: Visual Culture and Public Memory in ...
There is a kind of integrity to the deconstruc- tive display on the making of the Bushman Diorama that seemed lacking in "Miscast," precisely because the history of the museum itself is at the heart of the critique. The distance required to fully ...
Annie E. Coombes, 2003
7
Monstrous Intimacies: Making Post-Slavery Subjects
Making Post-Slavery Subjects Christina Sharpe. exhibition Miscast: Negotiating Khoisan History and Material Culture at the formerly whites-only South African National Gallery (sang) and (knowingly) stepped into a representational minefield.
Christina Sharpe, 2009
8
Deep Histories: Gender and Colonialism in Southern Africa
slightly distorted in perspective, was passed on to Pippa Skotnes, who then printed it in the visual endnotes to the publication Miscast: Negotiating the Presence of the Bushmen. The image, now in its third or fourth generation, had lost much ...
Wendy Woodward, Patricia Hayes, Gary Minkley, 2002
9
Human Remains & Museum Practice
CHAPTER 4 Marilyn Martin The exhibition Miscast: Negotiating Khoisan History and Material Culture has to be seen against the background of the transformation of the South African National Gallery (Sang). Since 1990, every function of the ...
Jack Lohman, Katherine J. Goodnow, 2006
10
Re-imagining Africa: New Critical Perspectives
Exhibition pamphlet, 1996. Miscast. Negotiating Khoisan History and Material Culture. Joubert, E. 1988. Missionaris. Kaapstad: Tafelberg. Martin, M. 1996. Foreword. Miscast. Negotiating the Presence of the Bushmen. Skotness, P. 1996 Cape ...
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific. Conference, Sue Kossew, Dianne Schwerdt, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISCAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term miscast is used in the context of the following news items.
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Local talent 'Miscast!' for Theatre Community Benevolent Fund
Other “Miscast!” performers included Laura Helm, who played Lucy in the national tour of “Jeckyll & Hyde,” but opted to sing “This Is the Moment ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
2
Here's What Would Happen If Animals Could Talk
Perhaps the Dolittle dilemma has been miscast. Maybe instead of wanting to learn to talk to the animals, our greater need is to quiet down and ... «TIME, Jul 15»
3
What's the Best Show of the Summer So Far?
"miscast" Vince Vaughn? While I agree Season 2 is not as good as season 1 but its got nothing to do with casting all the 4 leads are awesome. «TV.com, Jul 15»
4
A Look at the Best Remaining Free Agents Available
Jones was miscast as the No. 1 receiver for Oakland last season, but still caught 73 passes for 666 yards (yikes) and six scores in 16 games ... «Cat Scratch Reader, Jul 15»
5
Top NFL Free Agents Left on the Market
Jones was miscast as the No. 1 receiver for Oakland last season, but still caught 73 passes for 666 yards (yikes) and six scores in 16 games ... «Cincy Jungle, Jul 15»
6
Saving Kitty
As the supposedly intelligent but perpetually engaged Kitty, Lydia Barnett-Mulligan suffers from being both miscast and having little in the way ... «TheaterMania.com, Jul 15»
7
REVIEW: Mack And Mabel, Chichester Festival Theatre
She is fundamentally miscast. LaChance struggles with the demands of the score also. “Time Heals Everything” is not the showstopper it could ... «British Theatre, Jul 15»
8
Steelers 2015 Pre Training Camp Roster Polls: Will DE Matt Conrath …
Many people, including Conrath, himself, believe he was miscast as a 4-3 NFL defensive tackle. In fact, he might very well have been drafted in ... «Steelers Depot, Jul 15»
9
Larkin looking forward to Nets vs. Knicks
Shane Larkin led the Knicks in minutes last season, starting 22 of the 76 games he played in. A pick-and-roll point guard miscast in the triangle, ... «NetsDaily, Jul 15»
10
Errors of their ways: Hanley Ramirez, Pablo Sandoval the culprits
It's time to start trying Ramirez at first base because there's little chance he could be worse there than in left field, where he is badly miscast. «Boston Herald, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Miscast [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/miscast>. May 2024 ».
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