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mismate

American

[mis-meyt] / mɪsˈmeɪt /

verb (used with or without object)

mismated, mismating

to mate unsuitably or wrongly.

Etymology

Origin of mismate

First recorded in 1890–95; mis- ¹ + mate ¹

Example Sentences

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Phyllie, don't mismate; those that do regret it.

From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)

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