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mis⋅cast

  [mis-kast, -kahst]
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–verb (used with object), -cast, -cast⋅ing.
1. to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor): Tom was miscast as Romeo.
2. to allot (a role) to an unsuitable actor.
3. to select unsuitable actors for (a play, motion picture, or the like).
Origin:
1925–30; mis- 1 + cast1
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mis·cast   (mĭs-kāst')   
tr.v.   mis·cast, mis·cast·ing, mis·casts

  1. To cast in an unsuitable role.

  2. To cast (a role, play, or film) inappropriately.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

miscast 
1390, "to cast (a glance, an 'eye') with evil intent" see mis- (1) + cast (v.). Theatrical sense of "to place an actor in an unsuitable roll" is first recorded 1927.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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