ill-matched
Example Sentences
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Their third ill-matched roommate arrives in a gauzy, ankle-length gown and dainty gloves.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2015
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
Picasso instead delights in coarsely ill-matched colours and a face pale and diseased from modern city life.
From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2012
"Sir William and I were ill-met and ill-matched, but that is not any reason that I should like to see him treacherously dealt with."
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. by Lever, Charles James
