mismatch

Plural: mismatches

Noun

• a bad or unsuitable match
• Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.

Verb

Verb Forms: mismatched, mismatching, mismatches

• To match things poorly or unsuitably.
• match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together
• To match unsuitably; to fail to match

Examples

• The player would often mismatch tiles, hoping a new word would magically appear.

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