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mismatch

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mis⋅match

  [mis-mach; for 2 also mis-mach]
Use mismatch in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to match badly or unsuitably.
–noun
2. a bad or unsatisfactory match.
Origin:
1590–1600; mis- 1 + match 2
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mis·match   (mĭs-māch')   
tr.v.   mis·matched, mis·match·ing, mis·match·es
To match unsuitably or inaccurately.
mis'match' (mĭs'māch', mĭs-māch') n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

mismatch 
1599 (v.), 1606 (n.); see mis- (1) + match (2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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