verb
- failed to achieve the intended result or go according to plan
- experienced the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the fetus could survive independently
Usage: medical
Examples
- The rescue mission miscarried due to bad weather.
- Their carefully laid plans miscarried at the last moment.
- The business venture miscarried after losing key investors.
- She miscarried in her second trimester.
- The doctor explained that many women miscarry in early pregnancy.
- The scheme miscarried when someone leaked information to the press.