mismatch

//ˌmɪsˈmætʃ//
B2Frequency Level 12Neutral
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Noun

mismatchSingular
mismatchesPlural
1

A failure to correspond or match; a discrepancy or incompatibility between two or more things.

There is a mismatch between the job requirements and her qualifications.

2

A pairing of people or things that are unsuited to each other.

Their marriage was a mismatch from the start.

Verb

mismatchInfinitive
mismatchPresent tense
mismatchedPast tense
mismatchedPast participle
mismatchingPresent participle
mismatchesThird-person singular
1

To match wrongly or unsuitably; to fail to correspond or be compatible.

The colors of the curtains mismatch the furniture.

Antonym

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