mismatched
Example Sentences
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As a result, cutting rates while shrinking the balance sheet are not just mismatched in how they affect financial conditions, but also in the time frames over which they work.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026
To produce these unusual effects, the researchers intentionally combined two compounds that are chemically similar but structurally mismatched.
From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026
Even one quarter of mismatched production can result in billions of dollars of losses, notes Tom Narayan, equity analyst at RBC Capital Markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
That kind of overwrought rhetoric seems mismatched with the feebleness of the actual effort to keep Mamdani out of office.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025
Richard smelled the saltiness of the air as Kainene led him through wide rooms with tastefully mismatched furniture, wood carvings, muted paintings of landscapes, rounded sculptures.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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