Definition

1. Verb:
   • To have a miscarriage: To experience the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable.
   • To fail; to be unsuccessful: To not achieve an intended purpose or goal; to go wrong or be unsuccessful in execution.

Examples

• Verb (To have a miscarriage):

  • The doctor confirmed she had miscarried in her first trimester.
  • It is a traumatic experience for a woman to miscarry.

• Verb (To be unsuccessful):

  • The plan to overthrow the government miscarried due to a lack of support.
  • If the message miscarries, the entire operation could be compromised.

Advanced Usage

• "to miscarry of" (archaic/literary): To fail to achieve or bring to fruition.
  • The plot miscarried of its evil purpose. (The plot failed to achieve its evil purpose.)

Variants and Related Words

• Miscarriage (n): The event or process of miscarrying.
  • She experienced a miscarriage last year.
• Miscarried (adj): Describing something that has failed.
  • A miscarried attempt at reconciliation.

Synonyms

• Fail: To be unsuccessful.
• Abort: To end a process prematurely; in medical terms, can be synonymous with miscarry.
• Go wrong: To not proceed as planned.

Antonyms

• Succeed: To achieve a desired aim.
• Carry to term: To complete a pregnancy successfully.

Related Phrases

• Miscarriage of justice: A legal term for a failure of the justice system, such as the wrongful conviction of an innocent person.
  • The new evidence proved it was a grave miscarriage of justice.

Verb

1. suffer a miscarriage
2. be unsuccessful
   • Where do today's public schools fail?
   • The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably