ill-matched
Example Sentences
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Step forward ill-matched cops Martin Rohde and more interestingly Saga Norén, a brilliant but bizarre investigator unlike any maverick TV detective ever seen.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2019
In the ideal production, it creates the sense of fire meeting fire in a folie à deux between two ill-matched yet inexorably bound lovers.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2019
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
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
For the next hour this strangely ill-matched pair were deep in the plans of conspiracy.
From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson
