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Recent Examples of mismatched
Some stars have no problem showing up with flat hair and mismatched looks—but best believe Miley will never be one of the stars.
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Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 2 Feb. 2025
The mismatched mattresses are occupied by men, women, and children – all migrants who intended to reach the United States but haven’t completed their journey.
—Abel Alvarado, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
The transsexual Christine Jorgensen was the only celebrity honored with two shoes—a set of golden pumps with mismatched buckles.
—Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
The two men couldn’t be more mismatched but depend on each other to fend off roaming invaders.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
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Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 2 Feb. 2025
The mismatched mattresses are occupied by men, women, and children – all migrants who intended to reach the United States but haven’t completed their journey.
—Abel Alvarado, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
The transsexual Christine Jorgensen was the only celebrity honored with two shoes—a set of golden pumps with mismatched buckles.
—Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
The two men couldn’t be more mismatched but depend on each other to fend off roaming invaders.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mismatched
Adjective
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Trump's orders define only two sexes and state that gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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The guidance follows an executive order signed by President Trump in January directing the Pentagon to implement its own policies that say transgender service members are incompatible with military service.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In contrast, private sector benefits can be inconsistent.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Kroger, the nation’s largest grocery chain, said Monday that McMullen’s conduct was unrelated to the business but was found to be inconsistent with its ethics policy.—
Michelle Chapman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The rationale is straightforward: like early-stage startups in the dot-com era, some of these assets may eventually prove valuable, whereas many others will likely become irrelevant.—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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What’s practical for one person may be irrelevant for another.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Porcelain War shows us how the vision of artists is never extraneous, least of all in wartime.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
2 Mar. 2025
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And dissection of a batting order can be extraneous.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These are responses that may sound correct at first, but turn out to be wrong (like your crazy uncle’s Thanksgiving table advice), often due to inapplicable or inaccurate information being used to train the models.—
Dean DeBiase,
Forbes,
25 Nov. 2024
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Pavia could argue Bewley is inapplicable since while the Bewley brothers were paid to play in OTE, there is no comparable point for Pavia.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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For the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, the amounts received were immaterial.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, forwards Matthew Tkachuk and Auston Matthews sat out the team’s otherwise immaterial 2-1 loss to Sweden out of an abundance of caution, and Brady Tkachuk left the game in the middle of the first period after crashing into the cage.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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On Monday evening, within hours of learning of the directive, some state workers called the order stupid and unfortunate.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Mar. 2025
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Christie suffered from acute seasickness, unfortunate considering her trips to each continent were by ship.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Bauer attributes the poverty of the third world to cultural values inimical to productivity: In much of the Third World the political, social, and personal determinants of economic performance are often uncongenial to economic development.—
Wanjiru Njoya,
Orange County Register,
13 Feb. 2024
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The experiment was a flop, the living arrangements spare, the neighbors uncongenial, and the couple was in debt.—
Brenda Wineapple,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Oct. 2022
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“Mismatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mismatched. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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