ill-matched

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However, you’ll need to read not just “Swann in Love” but the rest of “In Search of Lost Time” to learn what happens to this ill-matched couple.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

In the event it was a disaster, an ill-matched confusion of a bold, peacocking public persona with sound mid-season footballing sense.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2018

It would be hard to find two words that seem so ill-matched as “Afghanistan cricket.”

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2015

I think sometimes encountering an old version of yourself can be both pleasant and useful; however, my parents were so ill-matched and very few positive feelings remained on either side.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2014

Very distinguished men these were, indeed, though oddly ill-matched in appearance.

From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Stables, Gordon