misalliance
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of misalliance
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Farber set the tragedy in a bleak Scottish no man’s land, where a mournful cello underscores a doleful marital misalliance.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2021
This misalliance was not helped when Johnson was here in September and said the French were making too much of the sub spat, noting “Donnez-moi un break” and telling them to “prenez un grip.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021
Already determined to be an actress, Martin handed over the offspring of this misalliance — baby Larry — to her parents, who raised him.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2016
Nero wants to forgive her for being a Christian but Poppaea, to save Marcus from what she considers a misalliance, refuses to allow it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Would either be happy in such a horrible misalliance?
From Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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