miscast
verb (used with object)
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor).
have miscast
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present perfectof miscast.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Instead, BSA’s Reports to the Nation have miscast the organization as a bastion of moral authority.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2020
Instead, if martial comparisons are de rigeur when discussing doping claims, then Coe looks to have miscast himself in that most cliched of roles in modern war metaphors: the Iraqi information minister.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2015
