miscarriage
noun
mis·car·riage
ˌmis-ˈker-ij 
-ˈka-rij,
ˈmis-ˌker-ij,
-ˌka-rij
1
: corrupt or incompetent management
especially
: a failure in the administration of justice
2
: spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus before it is viable and especially between the 12th and 28th weeks of gestation
Examples of miscarriage in a Sentence
a woman who has suffered multiple miscarriages
a high risk of miscarriage
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Collins suffered a miscarriage halfway through the first season and was absent from the final episodes.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 July 2025
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Blood loss is expected during early miscarriage, which usually ends without complication.
—Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 2 July 2025
Almost 20 years after journeying from Detroit to LA on a Greyhound, in the aftermath of a miscarriage, Pocock recreates her trip and is joined (in spirit) by fellow writerly road trippers like Simone de Beauvoir, Ethel Mannin, and Irma Kurtz.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 July 2025
During pregnancy, invasive listeriosis can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or life-threatening infection of the newborn.
—Monroe Hammond, EverydayHealth.com, 8 July 2025
Blood loss is expected during early miscarriage, which usually ends without complication.
—Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 2 July 2025
Almost 20 years after journeying from Detroit to LA on a Greyhound, in the aftermath of a miscarriage, Pocock recreates her trip and is joined (in spirit) by fellow writerly road trippers like Simone de Beauvoir, Ethel Mannin, and Irma Kurtz.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
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“Miscarriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miscarriage. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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miscarriage
noun
mis·car·riage
mis-ˈkar-ij
1
: bad management
especially
: a failure in the administration of justice
2
: the accidental separation of an unborn child from the body of its mother before it is capable of living independently : loss of an unborn child through premature birth
Medical Definition
miscarriage
noun
mis·car·riage
mis-ˈkar-ij
: spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus before it is viable and especially between the 12th and 28th weeks of gestation compare abortion sense 1a
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