ill-matched
Example Sentences
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Pan beating dates back to the Middle Ages in a custom, called “charivari,” that was intended to shame ill-matched couples, according to Emmanuel Fureix, a historian at University Paris-Est Créteil.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
I think sometimes encountering an old version of yourself can be both pleasant and useful; however, my parents were so ill-matched and very few positive feelings remained on either side.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2014
Picasso instead delights in coarsely ill-matched colours and a face pale and diseased from modern city life.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2012
Mr. Hill made a formidable team of this ill-matched pair by balancing Pascoe’s reflective intelligence with Dalziel’s blunt pragmatism.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2012
Madeleine permitted herself to be hurried away, and the ill-matched pair made no stop until the forest had closed behind.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena
