MISMATCHED Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

mismatched

adjective

Definition of mismatched

as in incompatible

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Recent Examples of mismatched Some simple homes were built primarily for function, while others converted sheds or tacked on mismatched extensions to existing spaces. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 Altus eventually agreed to undertake a reconfiguration project that involved removing and replacing the rapid shutdown devices and inspecting and replacing mismatched connectors and all wire management, according to the lawsuit. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 Underneath a Blossom-style hat, the model wears a set of enormous mismatched silver earrings that graze the shoulders of her sharp black blazer. — Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026 Reasons range from snoring to mismatched preferences around temperature, bedding, mattress firmness or noise and light levels. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mismatched

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Adjective

Environmental campaign group Uplift warned that new oil and gas fields are incompatible with safe climate limits.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
The Insurrection as Postcard On the stage that is the street, incompatible genres overlap.

— Ollivier Pourriol, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of incompatible

Adjective

This time around, both teams are coming in after inconsistent regular seasons, but both have been much better over the last five weeks.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
The association with the Human Rights Campaign could create more confusion about Talarico’s stance on the medical issue, as his position has come into question through his inconsistent comments.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of inconsistent

Adjective

The shift may have been good for business, but users often lamented that lack of control, complaining that the recommendation algorithms could send them down rabbit holes of irrelevant or even toxic content.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO predicts that advances in robotics and space exploration could eventually make conventional money irrelevant.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of irrelevant

Adjective

In some instances a victim’s extraneous activity has made a prosecutor’s task more difficult.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
McAuliffe, now a breast cancer surgeon and clinical investigator at Emory University, said that surgeons encounter a lot of extraneous information in the electronic health record — but the nudge was simple.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of extraneous

Adjective

But Dwyer suggests that, in practice, the medical model is often simply inapplicable to people with high support needs.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Aug. 2026
False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of inapplicable

Adjective

How Davis, Lee, and others convinced themselves of their cause, although instructive to the working of the human mind, is immaterial to the facts of American history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
FedEx, meanwhile, doesn’t list Amazon as a key customer in its annual report, suggesting its revenue contribution is immaterial.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of immaterial

Adjective

For many people, however, the presentation instead bears an uncanny and unfortunate resemblance to imagery used in Nazi-era Germany.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The Giannis Antetokounmpo era is off to an unfortunate start, as the Heat is 0-2 to start a season for the first time since the 2022-23 campaign.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of unfortunate

Adjective

Sorkin briskly paints a portrait of a company with an uncongenial working environment and little transparency.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of uncongenial

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