miscast

verb
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkɑːst/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkæst/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they miscast
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkɑːst/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkæst/
he / she / it miscasts
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkɑːsts/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkæsts/
past simple miscast
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkɑːst/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkæst/
past participle miscast
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkɑːst/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkæst/
-ing form miscasting
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkɑːstɪŋ/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈkæstɪŋ/
jump to other results
  1. to choose an actor to play a role for which they are not suitable; to give the roles in a play or film to unsuitable actors角色选择不当;给(演员)分配不适当的角色
    • be miscast as somebody/something He was hopelessly miscast as the romantic hero.他无可救药地被误认为是浪漫英雄。
    • be miscast The whole production is miscast.整个生产都是错误的。
    Topics Film and theatrec2