Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of mismatch
comparative more mismatched · superlative most mismatched
- Unsuitably matched; ill joined.
Where rectangular storage containers make a mess of mismatched lids and sometimes unstackable shapes, the ordinary cylindrical deli cups used for food delivery are far superior.
2019 April 3, Janelle Zara, “How to Organize Your Kitchen Like a Professional Chef”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 17 Jul 20201 more example
As a Londoner and regular user since the 1980s, I remember how it was an awful, mismatched place cobbled together from various styles of architecture and which was anything but passenger friendly.
2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 30
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveeither not matched or unsuitably matched
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Spanish desparejado, disparejo
- desparejadounsuitably matched; ill joined
- disparejounsuitably matched; ill joined
- disparunsuitably matched; ill joined
- mal emparejadounsuitably matched; ill joined
- no coincidenteunsuitably matched; ill joined
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mismatched
Cite this entry
mismatched. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mismatched
“mismatched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mismatched. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mismatched,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mismatched.
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