misalliance
Americannoun
noun
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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
In life they would be a screeching misalliance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir Giles Wapshot's family were insulted that one of the Wapshot girls had not the preference in the marriage, and the remaining baronets of the county were indignant at their comrade's misalliance.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
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