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[ mis-mach; for 2 also mis-mach ] / mɪsˈmætʃ; for 2 also ˈmɪsˌmætʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mismatch ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to match badly or unsuitably. nouna bad or unsatisfactory match. Origin of mismatchFirst recorded in 1590–1600; mis-1 + match2 Words nearby mismatchmisleared, mislike, mislocate, mismanage, mismarriage, mismatch, mismate, mismove, misname, misnomer, miso Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mismatchNo law ever works out as planned, and the mismatch only grows with time. Government Has Made America Inept|Philip K. Howard|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST The mismatch in superpower military strength in the region is eye opening. Reality Check in Ukraine|Jamie Dettmer|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sander and Taylor say that this is exactly what mismatch theory would predict, because preferences cascade. Affirmative Action: Who Does it Help, Who Does it Hurt?|Megan McArdle|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST The unexpected result is that the less selective the school, the bigger the racial preferences, and the larger the mismatch. Affirmative Action: Who Does it Help, Who Does it Hurt?|Megan McArdle|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The best argument against affirmative action is presented in Mismatch, by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor. Affirmative Action: Who Does it Help, Who Does it Hurt?|Megan McArdle|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST It is hardly necessary to explain that a mismatch—of a young and an old person—is the usual pretext for a charivari. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852|Various On the other hand, a mismatch will clear the suspect completely and the detective will know to look elsewhere for the criminal. The Atomic Fingerprint|Bernard Keisch
British Dictionary definitions for mismatch
verbto match badly, esp in marriage nouna bad or inappropriate match Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mismatchimbalance, discrepancy, diverseness, divergence, incongruity, divergency, inequality, disproportion, unevenness, dissimilarity, dissemblance, imparity |