dismatchv.
rare.
transitive. Not to match or suit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > not to suit [verb (transitive)] > make unsuitable > mismatch
misjoin1540
mismatch1582
dismatch1605
misally1697
unmate1810
mismarry1892
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 183 Blush not (my Booke) nor think it thee dismatches, To beare about vpon thy paper-Tables, Flies, Butterflies, [etc.].
Derivatives
disˈmatchment n.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > mismatching
mismatching1643
dismatchment1847
mismating1857
1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air iv The dismatchment of the furniture.
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