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单词 ill-sorted
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ill-sortedadj.

Brit. /ˌɪlˈsɔːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈˌɪlˈsɔrdəd/
Etymology: < ill adv. + sorted, past participle of sort v.1
1. Badly assorted or arranged; ill-matched.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] > badly or unsuitably matched
unevenlyc1425
matchless1596
unfellowed1597
misgraffed1600
mismatched1638
ill-sorted1691
misgrafted1738
mismated1852
misrelated1881
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 217 Without this, the Harmony of the Universe would be very defective, and its parts disproportionate and ill-sorted.
1725 I. Watts Logick iv. ii. §3 Ideas ill-joined, ill-sorted, or ill-disposed.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. x. 286 His ill-sorted armour.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I li. 28 He and his wife were an ill-sorted pair.
2. Badly suited; put ‘out of sorts’; displeased, ‘upset’. Scottish.
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1829 W. Scott Guy Mannering (new ed.) II. xvi. 204 Ye'll be ill-sorted to hear that he's like to be in the prison at Portanferry.
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