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🩹 To remove cast 🎭 To remove from role 🗿 Not formed 💪 No medical cast
to uncast

to uncast

9.1
To remove an actor from a play or film
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈkæst/
  • Jargon
translation icon : quitar del reparto
  • After the controversy, the director decided to uncast the lead actress and search for a replacement.

Examples

  • When the script changed, the studio uncast the original villain and brought in a new actor.

  • The producers had to uncast several performers due to scheduling conflicts before filming began.

  • The director decided to uncast her from the lead role.

  • Why did they uncast him from the production?

  • After the controversy, the director decided to uncast the lead actress and search for a replacement.

  • The producers had to uncast several performers due to scheduling conflicts before filming began.

  • When the script changed, the studio uncast the original villain and brought in a new actor.

Synonyms

to cast out
vsto uncast
31 6.2

Force someone to leave a group or place because others reject them

removes someone from a role rather than banishing them socially
to cast aside
vsto uncast
  • Informal
11 3.7

Reject or ignore people and things you no longer want

removes someone from a role without implying social rejection
to cast off
vsto uncast
3 4.8

To get rid of something you do not want or need

concerns removing a person from a role not discarding things
to unselect
vsto uncast
4.9

To remove someone from a group of chosen people, for example a team

removes someone specifically from a role in a play or film

Antonyms

to cast
183 3.0

To choose actors for roles in a play or film

Surface Forms

uncast infinitive
uncast past
uncast past participle
uncasting present participle
uncasts third person singular

Morphology

uncast = cast (transparent) = un + cast

A clear derivation: un- + cast (group of actors) yields 'remove from the cast', which learners can infer.

Etymology

Uncast is un- 'remove' plus cast 'the group of actors in a play'. To uncast someone is to take them out of the list of actors, which is why a director might say they have 'uncast' a performer.