ill-sorted

American  

[il-sawr-tid] / ˈɪlˈsɔr tɪd /

adjective

1. badly matched; poorly arranged.

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ill-sorted British  

adjective

1. badly arranged or matched; ill-assorted

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Etymology

Origin of ill-sorted

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

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ill-sorted

Playing marriage counselor to the zebra / human couple and other ill-sorted pairs, we can recognize at least six groups of reasons for failed domestication.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

And so the four ill-sorted people sat each at a different side of the table, with a long stretch of gold-decked and flower-laden cloth between them.

From Sarah's School Friend by Baldwin, May

This circumstance, occurring thus early in their intercourse, might have proved to each of the parties in this ill-sorted alliance, how difficult it was for them to remain long and creditably united.

From Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 by Moore, Thomas

He thought it to be unseasonable, ill-judged, and ill-sorted with the circumstances of all the parties.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

But I am not a professor with a mind like a warehouse, rich with the spoils of time, but a mere peddler, conscious of the janglings of an ill-sorted, ill-packed knapsack of unconsidered trifles.

From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)