verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To mate or match wrongly or unsuitably; mismatch. transitive

   "to mismated shoes"

2. 2
   provide with an unsuitable mate wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

breakbreak offclashcollideconflictcontradict

Example

More examples

"in beekeeping, a mismated queen"

Etymology

From mis- + mate.

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