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

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

They walked along in silence, the most ill-sorted pair that you might hope to find in all that higgledy-piggledy city.

From Cheerful—By Request by Ferber, Edna

Such ill-sorted alliances are disastrous to both parties, and scarcely more to one than the other.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey

With a heavier heart than that with which she reached it, Margaret leaves the bench and its ill-sorted occupants.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

I can score each knave," quoth the Piper, "in Life's ill-sorted school, For they take and they take their greed to slake, But I am no match for the Fool!

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various