ill-assorted

adjective

Badly matched, or unmatched.

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Meanings

adjectiveill-assorted (comparative more ill-assorted, superlative most ill-assorted)

comparative more ill-assorted · superlative most ill-assorted

  1. Badly matched, or unmatched.

    He and Mrs Jonathan were a remarkable pair; one of those ill-assorted couples that you wonder at.

    1860, Anne Beale, Gladys, the Reaper
    1 more example

    Last Christmas Eve the "Pines Express" arrived at Bath behind an ill-assorted combination of locomotives.

    1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184

Translations

Bulgarian неподходящ, неподбран
  • неподходящ (nepodhodjašt)Badly matched
  • неподбран (nepodbran)Badly matched
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Chicago

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