definitions

mismarriage

[ mis-mar-ij ]
/ mɪsˈmær ɪdʒ /
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noun

an unsuitable or unhappy marriage.

Nearby words

misled, mislike, mislocate, mismanage, mismanagement, mismarriage, mismatch, mismate, mismove, misname, misnamed

Origin of mismarriage

First recorded in 1810–20; mis-1 + marriage
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Examples from the Web for mismarriage

  • Is it not from ignorance of this truth, or wilful denial of this law, that all the miseries of mismarriage come forth?

    The Mummy and Miss Nitocris|George Griffith