miscast
verb (used with object)
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor).
had miscast
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past perfectof miscast.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Possibly Bowman had miscast himself, as Mailer or DeLillo or Doctorow, a white-elephant novelist, when he really ought to stick to his Richard Brautigan dreams, his termite operations.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 2, 2019
Without a legitimate go-to guy, the offense had miscast so many players.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jun. 14, 2012
