What does "ill-sorted" mean?

Badly matched or unmatched; ill-suited.

Ill-sorted

Q: What is a synonym for "ill-sorted"?

Common synonyms include: asymmetric, asymmetrical, disparate, disproportionate, ill-suited, ill-timed.

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Badly matched or unmatched; ill-suited.
"He was a morose man, with the extremely ill-sorted name of Lovegood, and when Rita discovered herself as an emissary of Mrs Dibble's, he worked himself into a temper at once. "I don't want no more dealings with that old trout.""

Adjective

1
not easy to combine harmoniously wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

asymmetric asymmetrical disparate disproportionate ill-suited ill-timed

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"He was a morose man, with the extremely ill-sorted name of Lovegood, and when Rita discovered herself as an emissary of Mrs Dibble's, he worked himself into a temper at once. "I don't want no more dealings with that old trout.""

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