miscarriage
/mis'kæridʤ/
Definition
- Noun:
- A spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the uterus: This is the primary medical meaning, referring to a natural, unintended termination of a pregnancy.
- A failure of a plan, system, or intended action to achieve its goal: This figurative meaning refers to something going wrong or not being carried out successfully.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Medical):
- She experienced a miscarriage in her first trimester.
- The hospital provides counseling for women after a miscarriage.
- Noun (Figurative - Failure):
- The project was a complete miscarriage of our original vision.
- The investigation was a miscarriage, revealing no new information.
Advanced Usage
- "miscarriage of justice": A legal term for a failure of a court or judicial system to attain the ends of justice, such as the wrongful conviction of an innocent person.
- The new evidence proved his innocence, exposing a grave miscarriage of justice.
Variants and Related Words
- Miscarry (verb): To have a miscarriage; or, for a plan or letter to fail or go astray.
- The letter miscarried and never arrived.
- Sadly, she miscarried last month.
Synonyms
- Pregnancy loss, spontaneous abortion (Medical).
- Failure, breakdown, botch, fiasco (Figurative).
Related Phrases
- To end in miscarriage: To result in failure.
- The peace talks ended in miscarriage.
Noun
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a natural loss of the products of conception
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failure of a plan
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