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mis⋅match

[mis-mach; for 2 also mis-mach]
–verb (used with object)
1. to match badly or unsuitably.
–noun
2. a bad or unsatisfactory match.

Origin:
1590–1600; mis- 1 + match 2
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.

Mismatch

Mis*match"\, v. t. To match unsuitably.

mismatch 
1599 (v.), 1606 (n.); see mis- (1) + match (2).
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