miscarriage

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈmɪsˌkɛrɪdʒ/ UK /ˌmɪsˈkærɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the loss of a pregnancy; a failure or mismanagement of something

The wrongful conviction was a grave miscarriage of justice.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the loss of a pregnancy; a... failure mismanagement breakdownmisadministrationabortion

Opposites

success

Word family

Related forms miscarry carriage carry carrier

Etymology

From mis- ('wrongly, amiss') + carriage, from carry, from Old North French carier, from Latin carricare ('to load on a wagon'), from carrus ('wheeled vehicle').

mis- Old English carricare Latin carrus Latin

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General Vocabulary

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# miscarriage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɪsˌkɛrɪdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌmɪsˈkærɪdʒ/

## Meanings
1. the loss of a pregnancy; a failure or mismanagement of something

## Examples
- The wrongful conviction was a grave miscarriage of justice.

## Synonyms
- failure
- mismanagement
- breakdown
- misadministration
- abortion

## Antonyms
- success

## Related Forms
- miscarry
- carriage
- carry
- carrier

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mis-
- Root: carricare
- Root: carrus

## Etymology
From mis- ('wrongly, amiss') + carriage, from carry, from Old North French carier, from Latin carricare ('to load on a wagon'), from carrus ('wheeled vehicle').

## AI Etymology
Miscarriage comes from mis- ('wrongly, amiss') + carriage, from carry, from Old North French carier, from Latin carricare ('to load on a wagon'), from carrus ('wheeled vehicle'). The etymological trail includes Old English mis-, Latin carricare, and Latin carrus. As a noun, miscarriage means the loss of a pregnancy; a failure or mismanagement of something. The same family is visible in related forms such as miscarry, carriage, carry, and carrier. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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