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Mismatch

//ˌmɪsˈmæt͡ʃ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.

    "After all the trepidation born of Holland's toils home and away against these opponents in qualification for Euro 2012, and the pockmarked nature of the pitch, this was exposed as a mismatch from the opening exchanges."

  2. 2
    a bad or unsuitable match wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To match unsuitably; to fail to match
  2. 2
    match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mis- + match (verb sense).

Etymology 2

From mis- + match (noun sense).

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