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

uncast

8.6
Not made by pouring liquid metal into a mold or not chosen for a part in a play
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkæst/
translation icon : no seleccionado (para un papel)
  • Several important roles in the production were still uncast just weeks before opening night.

Examples

  • The bronze sculpture remained uncast because the artist could not afford the materials.

  • The jewelry design was left uncast until the client made a final decision.

  • Don't feel bad about being uncast this time!

  • Why was she uncast from the production?

  • Several important roles in the production were still uncast just weeks before opening night.

  • The jewelry design was left uncast until the client made a final decision.

  • Don't feel bad about being uncast this time!

Synonyms

unselected
vsuncast
3.2

Not chosen from a group or list

is specific to not chosen for a play or film role

Antonyms

to cast
183 3.0

To choose actors for roles in a play or film

Surface Forms

uncast positive

Morphology

uncast = cast (semi-transparent) = un + cast

The negation 'un-' is clear, but the meaning depends on which sense of 'cast' (manufacturing vs assigning actors) is intended, which may confuse learners.

Etymology

Uncast comes from the negative un- meaning 'not' plus cast, which can mean 'to shape by pouring' or 'to give someone a role'. So something described as uncast is either 'not poured into a mold' (like a sculpture) or 'not given to any actor' yet.