mismatched
Example Sentences
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Even setting aside Max’s typically snide reaction to Becky’s attire—“You look like . . . a birthday cake”—this pair seems spectacularly mismatched.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
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
I had a hat on and socks mismatched — I was a real hot mess.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
Stanford Medicine scientists report that giving mice both blood-forming stem cells and pancreatic islet cells from an immunologically mismatched donor either completely prevented or fully reversed Type 1 diabetes.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
They are mismatched in height, and so he hunches.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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