Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To cast in an unsuitable role.
- v. To cast (a role, play, or film) inappropriately.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To east or reckon erroneously.
- To cast or direct erroneously or improperly: as, to miscast a glance.
- n. An erroneous cast or reckoning.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive, intransitive To cast or reckon incorrectly.
- v. transitive, intransitive To cast or direct erroneously or improperly.
- v. To cast an actor in an inappropriate role.
- v. To make an error when casting a vote.
- n. An erroneous cast or reckoning.
- adj. Erroneously cast
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To cast or reckon wrongly.
- n. An erroneous cast or reckoning.
WordNet 3.0
- v. cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
Etymologies
- From mis- + cast. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Henry Hathaway's 1969 "True Grit" was neither "doddery" nor "miscast" - it was perfect; and Glen Campbell's character was not "a major character" - he was there to provide a little light ballast to the tense, central relationship between Mattie and Cogburn.”
The Guardian: With True Grit, the Coen brothers have given the western back its teeth
“Tebow's autobiography, audaciously written when he was merely a 23-year-old second-string quarterback most critics called a miscast running back, came out in June.”
“He contended that that statement "was not accurate" and that he had "miscast" Obama's religious beliefs as racism.”
The Washington Post: After Washington rally, Glenn Beck assails Obama's religion
“And RDJ as Sherlock is a Michael Dudikoff as Han Solo kind of miscast, so I really hope this turd will flop.”
December’s Box Office Battle: Avatar Versus Sherlock Holmes | /Film
“Maybe you should consider this before you flippantly deride a non-virgin bride or groom as "miscast" in their own religious ceremony.”
“He then states a "miscast" Goldwyn "makes revenge for his daughter's violation look more gratuitously brutal than the crime.”
“And for everybody 'miscast' in Batman & Robin, the whole movie is a farking joke.”
“In any event, Johnson now claims there has been an effort to "miscast" his responses.”
“The biography gives a detailed account of the context: Lowell's public refusal of a White House invitation because of the Vietnam War, his resulting sense of being "burdened to write on the great theme, private, and almost 'global'" ” but his sense of being "miscast" in that role.”
“O my SSF, even today I still feel miscast in the play and not finding anything I want to do … except write my own peculiar brand of SF/F for no money and few rewards.”
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