miscarry

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb To go astray; to do something wrong.
3. verb To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus.
4. verb To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).
5. verb Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.

Similar words

fail go wrong misluck mishappen misbefall misgo misbear mischance misfare mistide

Often followed by

in and or by because for at if the

Word family

miscarried miscarries miscarrying