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Recent Examples of mismatched
This '90s sci-fi show dispatched a quartet of mismatched adventurers on a long-running series of adventures across parallel Earths — places where the Soviet Union rules the United States, or the Golden Gate Bridge is blue rather than orange.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2026
As McRae points out, many socks are now sold in mismatched or complementary pairs.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
The mismatched style was released in April and is the first reissue of the 2013 pair.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 Dec. 2025
Make your table eclectic with mismatched candles, linen napkins, and a scattering of pomegranates or sprigs of eucalyptus down the center.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2026
As McRae points out, many socks are now sold in mismatched or complementary pairs.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
The mismatched style was released in April and is the first reissue of the 2013 pair.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 Dec. 2025
Make your table eclectic with mismatched candles, linen napkins, and a scattering of pomegranates or sprigs of eucalyptus down the center.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mismatched
Adjective
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Florida is now arguing two incompatible versions of its own authority, depending on the audience.—
Stephana Ferrell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2026
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Unlocking Contextual Intelligence When prioritizing the contextual edge of AI, open-source LLMs are predominantly generic, consumer-centric and are largely incompatible with specific enterprise-grade use cases such as faster resolution for customer support queries.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Andrademembreno’s attorney, Paul Rogers, argued that Berrios lied and pointed to multiple inconsistent statements to authorities and prosecutors and in her testimony.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Jan. 2026
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Trump proved to be a vexing ideological lodestar—aggressively anti-intellectual in his attitudes and consistently inconsistent in his views.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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For example, in learning contexts, adaptive forgetting, or the ability to let go of irrelevant information, can actually improve cognitive performance overall.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s detractors may dismiss these bonds as empty or irrelevant.—
Daniel Yudkin,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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No middle name, no hyphen, no extraneous vowels, three syllables played on a drum.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2026
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Since both of those earlier years were influenced by a strong El Niño event, this one will have the dubious distinction of being the hottest without such an extraneous force.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2025
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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
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The fact that Arkansas legislators raised objections to the appointment is immaterial.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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Fishback dismissed criticisms that his campaign was immaterial beyond social media, pointing to his recent events at gas stations, Waffle House and college campuses across Florida.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2026
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In retrospect, the right move, Bulls coach Billy Donovan said, even with the unfortunate scheduling outcome.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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But Bloom’s legacy has had the unfortunate effect of making even more reasonable canon defenses look reactionary.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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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 1 Feb. 2026.
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