miscarry means to have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 81 out of 100.
Why this word is great
MISCARRY — [Verb] To experience the involuntary loss of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable; to fail in an intended purpose or delivery. From Middle English miscarien, formed from the prefix mis- ("badly, wrongly") + carry ("to transport"). Unlike "abort" (which can signify deliberate intervention) or "misplace" (which implies a mere error of location), "miscarry" speaks of a fundamental failure in a process of conveyance. It is the heavy silence in the ultrasound room, the unplanned emptiness of a prepared room, and the cruel biological arithmetic where one minus one equals zero. The word maps the cold geography of a promise the body could not keep.
verb
- To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm.
- To go astray; to do something wrong.
- To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus.
- To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).“So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]”
- Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.“Sir Nathaniel, this Biron is one of the votaries with the king; and here he hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's, which accidentally, or by the way of progression, hath miscarried.”