miscarry

[mis-kar-ee, mis-kar-ee]

verb (used without object)

miscarried, miscarrying 

1. to have a miscarriage of a fetus.

2. to fail to attain the right or desired end; be unsuccessful.

   The plan miscarried.

3. to go astray or be lost in transit, as a letter.

miscarry

/ mɪsˈkærɪ /

verb

1. to expel a fetus prematurely from the womb; abort

2. to fail

   all her plans miscarried

3. (of freight, mail, etc) to fail to reach a destination

Word History and Origins

Origin of miscarry¹

First recorded in 1275–1325, miscarry is from the Middle English word miscarien. See mis- ¹, carry

Example Sentences

At her 10-week appointment, she learned that her child had triploidy, a genetic condition where a fetus has three sets of chromosomes instead of two, and would miscarry late-term or die at birth.

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As she was miscarrying and bleeding profusely, she said physicians didn’t explain that she had options for care.

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Book banning is several orders of magnitude less urgent than sending a miscarrying patient home without care, obviously.

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"There was no stability. We kept relocating. My body was exhausted," she says, recalling how she miscarried.

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There is not a shred of scientific evidence that women who miscarry at home from abortion pills and flush their very early pregnancies are contaminating the water supply.

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Related Words

• abort 
• fall through