ill-matched
Example Sentences
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In the ideal production, it creates the sense of fire meeting fire in a folie à deux between two ill-matched yet inexorably bound lovers.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2019
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
Was that because it got rid of her?—put wide stretches of sand and gorse between the ill-matched couples?
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
