mismatch

English

Etymology 1

From mis- +‎ match (verb sense).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsˈmæt͡ʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -ætʃ

Verb

mismatch (third-person singular simple present mismatches, present participle mismatching, simple past and past participle mismatched)

1. To match unsuitably; to fail to match

Translations

to match unsuitably; to fail to match

• Azerbaijani: uyğun gəlməmək, tən gəlməmək, üst-üstə gəlməmək
• Bulgarian: не съвпадам (ne sǎvpadam)
• Finnish: yhdistää sopimattomasti
• Greek: κακοσυνταιριάζω (kakosyntairiázo)
• Hungarian: nem jól illik össze

Etymology 2

From mis- +‎ match (noun sense).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.mæt͡ʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ætʃ

Noun

mismatch (plural mismatches)

1. Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.
   • 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     After all the trepidation born of Holland's toils home and away against these opponents in qualification for Euro 2012, and the pockmarked nature of the pitch, this was exposed as a mismatch from the opening exchanges.

Derived terms

• impedance mismatch

Translations

something that does not match

• Azerbaijani: uyğunsuzluq, uyğun gəlməmə, düz gəlməmə
• Bulgarian: несъвпадение n (nesǎvpadenie)
• Czech: nesoulad m
• Finnish: yhteensopimattomuus
• Greek: κακοσυνταίριασμα n (kakosyntaíriasma)
• Italian: discrepanza (it) f
• Punjabi: ਕਜੋੜ m (kajoṛ)
• Spanish: desequilibrio m, incongruencia (es) f, discordancia f, discrepancia (es) f, disonancia (es) f, discordia (es) f

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