ill-matched
Example Sentences
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For one thing, there were obvious ways my parents were ill-matched.
From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2021
In the event it was a disaster, an ill-matched confusion of a bold, peacocking public persona with sound mid-season footballing sense.
From The Guardian • May 12, 2018
It would be hard to find two words that seem so ill-matched as “Afghanistan cricket.”
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2015
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
Surely there was never so ill-matched a trio as Rowley, Mrs. McRankine, and the Viscount Anne!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
