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Recent Examples of mismatched
Glassware Glassware, even mismatched pieces, is an excellent second-hand buy.
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Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
Domestic life takes a turn for the perfectly mismatched pair, as their day-to-day turns into a razor-sharp battle for power.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
He's surrounded by young men with their own problems and complications, from physically mismatched twins trying to live up to family expectations to romantic newlywed to the same old style of bully he's met before.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Hershey’s latest Halloween lineup includes Shaq-a-Licious XL Gummies, which were launched last year, and new Jolly Ranchers Trickies, gummies with intentionally mismatched colors, shapes, and flavors (a pink cherry gummy may, for example, taste of green apple).
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
Domestic life takes a turn for the perfectly mismatched pair, as their day-to-day turns into a razor-sharp battle for power.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
He's surrounded by young men with their own problems and complications, from physically mismatched twins trying to live up to family expectations to romantic newlywed to the same old style of bully he's met before.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Hershey’s latest Halloween lineup includes Shaq-a-Licious XL Gummies, which were launched last year, and new Jolly Ranchers Trickies, gummies with intentionally mismatched colors, shapes, and flavors (a pink cherry gummy may, for example, taste of green apple).
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mismatched
Adjective
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Posobiec’s early techniques seemed incompatible with establishing a serious political career.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Multinationals now operate under two incompatible regulatory regimes, forced to navigate between them with little clarity.—
Lizzi C. Lee,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This is all so inconsistent and bizarre.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 Nov. 2025
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The punt unit has been inconsistent at best, and the return units are costing Michigan field position every week.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In a region where locals are most concerned about sky-high housing prices and budget-busting groceries, keeping up with an interstate political battle can seem irrelevant.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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The best part is that the outcome of your initial bet is irrelevant.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Our commerce writer Julia Harrison writes that her Moccamaster One Cup is a delight, principally because of its simplicity as a drip coffee maker—free of extraneous frothers or digital interfaces or timers.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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If someone is furloughed, the thinking goes, they could more easily be seen as extraneous, giving the Administration an easier path to arguing they aren’t needed at all.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In 2023, the Supreme Court declared the bill inapplicable.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Here are the kicking motion rules, which the NHL deemed inapplicable given their determination that Hellebuyck propelled the puck into his own net.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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How and when, exactly, that divorce occurs is immaterial; there’s no coming back from this, and Penn State and Franklin both need something new.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Hence, there is no immortal or immaterial soul, no afterlife, all is explained by the movements of matter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Overall, prosecutors allege the nearly three-dozen defendants cheated unfortunate players out of at least $7 million.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The knee injury marks an unfortunate end to Duck’s second season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Short of calling an exterminator, experts suggest the following ways to rid a car, truck or SUV of rodents: One way is to simply make the vehicle uncongenial.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Bauer attributes the poverty of the third world to cultural values inimical to productivity: In much of the Third World the political, social, and personal determinants of economic performance are often uncongenial to economic development.—
Wanjiru Njoya,
Orange County Register,
13 Feb. 2024
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“Mismatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mismatched. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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