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Misalliance

//ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage.

    "A misalliance is more shocking to a Frenchman than to an Englishman, and Talleyrand was very French in his appreciation of the importance of family, and in his insistence upon outward correctness of behaviour."

  2. 2
    an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage) wordnet

Etymology

From mis- + alliance, partly after French mésalliance.

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