Miscarriage Definition

mĭskărĭj, mĭs-kăr-
miscarriages
noun
miscarriages
Failure to carry out what was intended.
A miscarriage of justice.
Webster's New World
Failure of mail, freight, etc. to reach its destination.
Webster's New World
Bad administration; mismanagement.
The miscarriage of the enterprise.
American Heritage
The natural expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the womb before it is sufficiently developed to survive.
Webster's New World

(now rare except in miscarriage of justice) A failure; a mistake or error. [from 16th c.]

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Other Word Forms of Miscarriage

Noun

Singular:
miscarriage
Plural:
miscarriages

Origin of Miscarriage

  • From mis- +"Ž carriage.

    From Wiktionary

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