miscarry

Etymology

From Middle English miscarien, equivalent to mis- + carry.

verb

1. (obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm.
2. (now rare) To go astray; to do something wrong.
3. To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus.
4. To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).
   Pluto observing, since the Peace, The Burial Article decrease; And, vext to see Affairs miscarry, Declar'd in Council, Death must marry […] 1730, Jonathan Swift, “Death And Daphne,”, in Some Verse Pieces
5. Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.