to miscarry

Examples

• All

• Attempts to do so in several other countries either miscarried or produced a deficient sample.

  Academic text (1992)

• Many projects miscarry due to lack of funding or support from stakeholders.

• If anything should miscarry, I'll signal you as arranged.

  Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

• The other 55% miscarry for a variety of reasons.

  Academic text (1990)

• The educational directives may have miscarried.

  Class of 1999 (1990)

• If my plan to improve the website should miscarry, I will have to reassess my approach.

• The expedition miscarried when they failed to secure the needed supplies.

Synonyms

F

to fail

vsto miscarry

898 1.0

Not succeed in doing something you wanted to do

is used for plans or attempts that do not reach their intended result

G

to go wrong

vsto miscarry

495 2.4

To fail or happen in a bad way

is used for planned attempts that do not reach their intended result

F

to fall through

vsto miscarry

37 4.1

To fail to happen or be finished as planned

is used for attempts that still happen but do not reach intended result

Antonyms

A

to achieve

∞ 2.3

To reach a goal by effort or skill

S

to succeed

846 2.0

To reach a goal after trying hard

How Successful

to triumph

60 3.4

to succeed

846 2.0

to miscarry

2 7.2

to fizzle out

• Informal

8 5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology