Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus from the uterus. Also called spontaneous abortion.
- n. Bad administration; mismanagement.
- n. A failure of administration or management: a miscarriage of justice.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A going wrong; failure of a purposed result; untoward event; mischance: as. the criminal escaped by miscarriage of justice.
- n. A wrong or perverse course, as of conduct; improper action or behavior; misdemeanor.
- n. In pathology, the act of miscarrying (see miscarry, v. i., 3); properly, untimely delivery before the twenty-eighth week of gestation. See abortion, 1.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a proper or desired result or reach a destination.
- n. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior.
- n. The act of bringing forth a child before the time it is viable; a premature birth, resulting in death of the fetus; spontaneous abortion.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a natural loss of the products of conception
- n. failure of a plan
Etymologies
- From mis- + carriage. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Congressman John Conyers, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, says he will pressure the Justice Department to look at what he calls a miscarriage of justice.”
“As for Justin and Rebecca I belive a miscarriage is probably in the cards, but the secret of his grades also has to come out soon.”
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“Shayne says: rjw. progressive, the diagnosis for miscarriage is “spontaneous abortion”.”
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“When even a miscarriage is memorialized in such a kind manner, it makes sorrow easier to bear.”
“You might want to consider that anywhere between 10-25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, some even occur before the woman knows she is pregnant, so I could argue that your God is the biggest abortion provider in town, and one that forces woman to have them.”
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“She was also "deeply hurt" when Meadow's death was described as a miscarriage when her appeal to stay was being considered.”
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“For example, suppose a woman has had a series of miscarriages but continues to try to carry a pregnancy to term knowing that the probability of another miscarriage is high.”
“I had a late term miscarriage, and um I didn't know how to handle it.”
“Diego's wife later had two other pregnancies, both of which failed in miscarriage, "from which we are truly in a state of disconsolation, so that all that we have earned [here] gives us no joy in that God has not given us any heirs.”
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“Under the statute, the only legal medical "abortion" or "miscarriage" is a spontaneous abortion.”
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