mismatched

adjective

Definition of mismatchednext
as in incompatible

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Recent Examples of mismatched The British brand’s suiting channeled dapper English luxury with dedicated cigar pockets on outerwear, along with mismatched velvet slippers adorned with playing card emblems. — Scarlett Conlon, CNN Money, 24 June 2026 Rather than having cluttered and mismatched products taking up precious space, Hamid recommends unifying products. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2026 Periodically, Bhasin interrupted the sounds of birds, rain, and jungle life to offer encouraging words to his audience—a small group, nestled on mismatched sofas and chairs, and a couple who’d wandered in for some soup. — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Communicating this will help eliminate mismatched expectations and plans. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mismatched
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mismatched
  1. incompatible
  2. inconsistent
  3. irrelevant
  4. extraneous
  5. inapplicable
  6. immaterial
  7. unfortunate
  8. uncongenial
Adjective
  • General relativity is incompatible with quantum mechanics, despite our best efforts to reconcile the two, and does not explain dark energy.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • This independence from linear order is incompatible with an LLM’s fundamental purpose of predicting the next value in a linear sequence.
    — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2026
Definition of incompatible
Adjective
  • What the lawsuit alleges The lawsuit alleges violations of the California Environmental Quality Act and that the project is inconsistent with the county’s general plan.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
  • The challenge arises when founders pursue goals that are inconsistent with their personal values or definition of success.
    — Nadia AlShomali, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of inconsistent
Adjective
  • Supporters flocked there, the club went on to sign Shearer for a world-record fee and, suddenly, potential was irrelevant.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Fluency in one model today will be irrelevant in six months, maybe less.
    — Panos Siozos, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of irrelevant
Adjective
  • Since these plants stop growing at a certain point (usually before 4 feet), all of their energy is directed into producing more leaves, blooms, and fruit, not extraneous stems or suckers.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
  • Still, Copilot is going through a reset, with Andreou eliminating extraneous versions of the AI tool and merging the teams that focused on consumer and enterprise versions of the product.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Definition of extraneous
Adjective
  • False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
  • The LLCs contested, arguing the alter ego finding was inapplicable and Illinois law didn't permit such piercing in supplementary proceedings.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of inapplicable
Adjective
  • The money, in Gupta’s view, is immaterial.
    — April Long, Allure, 24 June 2026
  • The fact that it was conceived without thought and for decades was produced and consumed without thought is immaterial.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 20 June 2026
Definition of immaterial
Adjective
  • No, this unfortunate moniker represents the lack of attention to and awareness of the disease.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Typically, when rookies put up gaudy numbers in Las Vegas, their stats are accompanied by unfortunate shooting percentages or a bevy of turnovers, but that wasn’t the case for Burries.
    — Eric Nehm, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of unfortunate
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of uncongenial

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