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Mismatch definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISMATCH', v.t. To match unsuitably.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a bad or unsuitable match v
1: match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. match unsuitably or incorrectly, esp. in marriage. --n. a bad match.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mismatch Mis*match", v. t. To match unsuitably.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mismatched) 1. If there is a mismatch between two or more things or people, they do not go together well or are not suitable for each other. There is a mismatch between the skills offered by people and the skills needed by industry. ...an unfortunate mismatch of styles. N-COUNT: oft N between/of pl-n, N of pl-n 2. To mismatch things or people means to put them together although they do not go together well or are not suitable for each other. She was deliberately mismatching articles of clothing. VERB: V pl-n • mismatched The two opponents are mismatched. ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

abnormality, agree to disagree, anomaly, be at cross-purposes, break, break off, clash, collide, conflict, contradict, counter, differ, disaccord, disagree, dissent, impropriety, inadmissibility, inapplicability, inappositeness, inappropriateness, inaptitude, inaptness, infelicity, irrelevance, irrelevancy, jangle, jar, jostle, maladjustment, mesalliance, misalliance, misjoinder, misjoining, mismate, negate, object, uncongeniality, unfitness, unsuitability, vary