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miscasting

miscasting is the present participle and gerund of miscast.

Meaning of miscast

Verb

miscast (third-person singular simple present miscasts, present participle miscasting, simple past and past participle miscast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) miscasted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To cast or reckon incorrectly.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To cast or direct erroneously or improperly.
    • to miscast a glance
  3. To cast an actor in an inappropriate role.
  4. To make an error when casting a vote.

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Questions about miscasting

What is miscasting the present participle and gerund of?
Miscasting is the present participle and gerund of miscast.

Words near miscasting in the dictionary

  1. miscarry
  2. miscarrying
  3. miscarryings
  4. miscast
  5. miscasted
  6. miscasting
  7. miscasts
  8. miscatalog
  9. miscataloged
  10. miscataloging
  11. miscatalogs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: miscasting (page history and authors); miscast (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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