ill-matched
Example Sentences
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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
Their third ill-matched roommate arrives in a gauzy, ankle-length gown and dainty gloves.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 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
Were ever a city and a sporting spectacle so ill-matched?
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012
The game was heartless, for the players were deplorably ill-matched.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
