Definitions for miscast

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miscast mis·cast

Spelling: [mis-kast, -kahst]

IPA: /mɪsˈkæst, -ˈkɑst/

Miscast is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 189 anagrams from letters in miscast (acimsst).

Definitions for miscast

verb (used with object)

1. to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
2. to allot (a role) to an unsuitable actor.
3. to select unsuitable actors for (a play, motion picture, or the like).

Origin of miscast

1925-30; mis-¹ + cast¹

Examples for miscast

Spaniards have always been miscast as hotheads; they are, in fact, the masters of sang-froid.

The vice president has to be himself, not a reprise of a miscast LBJ.

Roberts is miscast here, never cracking that blockbuster smile and speaking in a terrible Irish accent.

Maybe, in her own muddled way, she is at last owning up to the fact that she has been miscast.

Terriss looked all wrong as Orsino; many other people were miscast.

The news got us thinking of other actors who were miscast as famous literary characters in films.