mismatch

American  

[mis-mach, mis-mach] / mɪsˈmætʃ, ˈmɪsˌmætʃ /

verb (used with object)

1. to match badly or unsuitably.

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noun

1. a bad or unsatisfactory match.

mismatch British  

/ ˌmɪsˈmætʃ /

verb

1. to match badly, esp in marriage

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noun

1. a bad or inappropriate match

Etymology

Origin of mismatch

First recorded in 1590–1600; mis- ¹ + match ²

Example Sentences

“We were in the flow, the ball was moving and we got mismatches that we like,” Musselman said.

From Los Angeles Times

According to Crocker, signs of this mismatch appeared nearly two decades ago, but there were no suitable mathematical tools to fully explain what was happening.

From Science Daily

Miners are also being careful in how they allocate capital, “shaped by lessons from prior boom-bust cycles and a mismatch between fundamentals and market valuations.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Additional experiments looked at why this mismatch occurs.

From Science Daily

To produce these unusual effects, the researchers intentionally combined two compounds that are chemically similar but structurally mismatched.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• discrepancy
• imbalance