miscarriage

/mis'kæridʤ/
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Definition
  1. 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
  1. a natural loss of the products of conception
  2. failure of a plan

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