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Miscast in a sentence
Miscast meaning
- To cast or reckon incorrectly.
- To cast or direct erroneously or improperly.
- To cast an actor in an inappropriate role.
Synonyms of Miscast
Using Miscast
- The main meaning on this page is: To cast or reckon incorrectly. | To cast or direct erroneously or improperly. | To cast an actor in an inappropriate role.
- Useful related words include: cast.
- In the example corpus, miscast often appears in combinations such as: miscast and, miscast as, was miscast.
Context around Miscast
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Miscast
- In this selection, "miscast" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, feels, terribly, seem, absentee and bening stand out and add context to how "miscast" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a major miscast just like and all seem miscast and in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "miscast" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with miscast
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lorrel Manning, just seems miscast. (5 words)
They all seem miscast and in different plays. (8 words)
Sara was not only miscast, but also quite poorly written. (10 words)
As one of the league’s highest-paid players, Shaqiri never has lived up to his salary and has been miscast as a central attacker, and Klopas temporarily dropped Brian Gutierrez from the starting lineup earlier this year because of his form. (42 words)
The issues Trump’s campaign and its allies have pointed to are typical in every election: Problems with signatures, secrecy envelopes and postal marks on mail-in ballots, as well as the potential for a small number of ballots miscast or lost. (42 words)
Even so, it was no surprise that television sat up and took an interest, although the result was far from satisfactory when Granada produced a short series in 1983 under the title Chessgame, with woefully miscast as Audley. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Havertz has largely flattered to deceive since his big-money move from Bayer Leverkusen three years ago, although Arteta appears to believe he was miscast as a false nine.
Instead, it's loud, dumb, terribly miscast, and, worst of all, boring.
It is miscast, it is unevenly performed, it doesn’t know what time frame it is taking place in, the accents are all over the map and the show losses many of its messages.
Miscast and with a distractingly shaky accent, it's hard to watch her and not think about all the other actresses who might have been able to pull something more complex from the character.
They all seem miscast and in different plays.
This is an actor with some serious range, but he ultimately feels miscast here.
As one of the league’s highest-paid players, Shaqiri never has lived up to his salary and has been miscast as a central attacker, and Klopas temporarily dropped Brian Gutierrez from the starting lineup earlier this year because of his form.
Hampshire feels miscast and out of place, which doesn’t serve the story or augment the relationship between mother and daughter in the way it should.
This feels like a major miscast, just like Ingo Rademacher as Thorne… Rebecca Budig is a great actor, just like Ingo was, but she does not fit this part at all.
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.
The issues Trump’s campaign and its allies have pointed to are typical in every election: Problems with signatures, secrecy envelopes and postal marks on mail-in ballots, as well as the potential for a small number of ballots miscast or lost.
Boris Johnson has been dismissed as a philandering clown, a joker calamitously miscast as prime minister in a moment of national crisis.
Even so, it was no surprise that television sat up and took an interest, although the result was far from satisfactory when Granada produced a short series in 1983 under the title Chessgame, with woefully miscast as Audley.
Nighy’s well-meaning, if unacceptably cowardly, husband is played with an affecting subtlety but a miscast Bening struggles to match him.
Even miscast with the Seahawks, he managed to haul in 16 touchdown passes over his last two seasons.
Lorrel Manning, just seems miscast.
Sara was not only miscast, but also quite poorly written.
Vince McMahon is so desperate to get Roman Reigns cheered that he’s willing to deliberately miscast the one person who legitimately has enough fan support to become his top babyface.
Assigning 2 stars (out of 5), The Motion Picture Guide (1987 edition) found it to be "long, often-enraging and totally miscast" with "a nonsinging Keel as Saint Peter".
During filming, Stoltz and the filmmakers decided that the role was miscast, and Fox was again approached for the part.
Common combinations with miscast
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- miscast and 5×
- miscast as 4×
- was miscast 3×
- is miscast 2×
- feels miscast 2×
- miscast with 2×