miscast

[ mis-kast, -kahst ]

verb (used with object),mis·cast, mis·cast·ing.
  1. to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor): Tom was miscast as Romeo.

  2. to allot (a role) to an unsuitable actor.

  1. to select unsuitable actors for (a play, motion picture, or the like).

Origin of miscast

1
1925–30; mis-1 + cast (in sense “to select or assign actors”)

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How to use miscast in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for miscast

miscast

/ (ˌmɪsˈkɑːst) /


verb-casts, -casting or -cast (tr)
  1. to cast badly

  2. (often passive)

    • to cast (a role or the roles) in (a play, film, etc) inappropriately: Falstaff was certainly miscast

    • to assign an inappropriate role to: he was miscast as Othello

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