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
At that time there were none of those collisions, which constantly occur at ordinary times between ill-matched characters; and, even if there were occasions for such misunderstandings, they passed unnoticed.
From A Russian Gentleman by S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich) Aksakov
